Eu And Nato Relations With Russia

Author : Glenn Diesen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317140535

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EU and NATO Relations with Russia by Glenn Diesen Pdf

Do the EU and NATO threaten Russian security? The book explores the rise of these exclusive ’inter-democratic’ security institutions after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ensuing effects on relations with Russia. Two competing theories are tested to explore whether these institutions aggravate or mitigate the security dilemma with Russia. These institutions can be theorised to promote security as a positive-sum game through European integration and democracy promotion, or pursue collective hegemony with ideologically uncompromising bloc-politics. Glenn Diesen argues that a European security architecture that demotes the largest state on the continent to an object of security inevitably results in ’European integration’ becoming a zero-sum geopolitical project that has set the West on a collision course with Russia.

Author : Julianne Smith
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0892065591

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The NATO-Russia Relationship by Julianne Smith Pdf

Author : Cynthia A. Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Russia (Federation)
ISBN : UVA:X030201620

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Russia and the European Union by Cynthia A. Roberts Pdf

Russia and the West have avoided renewed confrontation despite many post Cold War crises, but illiberal trends in Russia rule out any prospect of developing a mutual agenda for closer integration. Russian engagement with the leading Euro-Atlantic institutions on a special, but still subordinate, nonmember basis remains a clever yet suboptimal substitute. Such relationships, as this monograph about Russia and the European Union explains, tend to produce shallow collaboration, symbolic summitry and costly standoffs. Closer cooperation is blocked by an ongoing dispute over terms, which is rooted in asymmetries in power, ambivalent preferences, uncertainty about the distributional costs and benefits of deeper engagement, and Russia's continued unwillingness or inability to lock-in the liberal domestic structures necessary to make credible commitments. Moscow's renewed self-confidence and geopolitical ambitions, bolstered by sustained economic growth and high energy prices, complicate the bargaining and further strain these special relationships which persist for lack of a realistic, superior alternative.

Author : Eiki Berg,Piret Ehin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317119111

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Identity and Foreign Policy by Eiki Berg,Piret Ehin Pdf

Baltic-Russian relations have been complicated and tense since the collapse of the USSR and the restoration of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian independence. Although Baltic accession to the European Union (EU) has created a new international context for interstate relations in the region, enlargement did not bring about the much hoped for improvement in Baltic-Russian relations. This case-study-rich volume examines links between identity, memory politics and foreign policy. It analyzes and explains developments in Baltic-Russian relations after both NATO and EU enlargement, focusing on the incompatibility of Baltic and Russian post-Soviet national identity constructions and the manifestations of this underlying antagonism in bilateral relations and on the broader European and international arena. Built on the constructivist perspective in international relations, this volume provides a coherent and illuminating account of the dynamics of Baltic-Russian relations after NATO and EU enlargement. Combining policy-relevant analysis with theoretical insights, it will meet the needs of academics and students of foreign policy, EU external relations and international relations more generally.

Author : Aurel Braun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134053797

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NATO-Russia Relations in the Twenty-First Century by Aurel Braun Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War NATO has redefined its raison d’etre, extending its membership, broadening its political goals and widening its zone of operation. It has also sought to enhance its co-operation with Russia, for example through the NATO-Russia Council, though moves here have coincided with factors which make co-operation more difficult, such as growing uncertainty about the transition to democracy in Russia, a feeling among some people in Russia that NATO enlargement and the simultaneous diminution of Russia’s influence were related, and, more recently, Russia’s attempts to reassert its influence over its neighbouring states. This book examines the current state of relations between NATO and Russia, examining a number of key areas, and assesses the prospects for future development. It concludes that all parties have a powerful interest in building and maintaining security, and that the growth of the zone of democracy holds out the best hope for solving some of Russia’s most seminal security concerns.

Author : Magdalena Dembińska,Frederic Mérand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000437539

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Cooperation and Conflict between Europe and Russia by Magdalena Dembińska,Frederic Mérand Pdf

When thinking about relations between Europe and Russia, International Relations scholars focus on why conflict has replaced cooperation. The "geostrategic debate" excludes the possible coexistence of cooperation and conflict. Tracking the evolution of conflict and cooperation patterns in three zones of contact (Estonia, Kaliningrad, and Moldova) between 1991 and 2016, this edited volume argues that, although the standard narrative remains compelling, local patterns of cooperation and conflict are partly autonomous from the geostrategic level. To account for the coexistence of cooperation and conflict, the first chapter elaborates a theoretical proposition distinguishing fluid, rigid, and disputed symbolic boundaries, which have different impacts on the ground. The subsequent chapters address distinct dimensions of Euro-Russian relations, paying attention to local reality in Estonia, Moldova, Ukraine, or Kaliningrad, different sectors from energy to peoples’ movement, and across institutional contexts such as the EU and NATO. They confirm that the standard narrative holds in most cases, but also that Euro-Russian relations vary in crucial ways according to the interests and representations of actors immersed in specific geopolitical fields. Despite a deterioration of geostrategic relations between Europe and Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, Cooperation and Conflict between Europe and Russia explores the intriguing coexistence of conflict and cooperation at the local level and across sectors and institutions. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal East European Politics.

Author : Mai'a Cross,Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780472132287

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European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times by Mai'a Cross,Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski Pdf

The Russia-Europe relationship is deteriorating, signaling the darkest era yet in security on the continent since the end of the Cold War. In addition, the growing influence of the Trump administration has destabilized the transatlantic security community, compelling Europe—especially the European Union—to rethink its relations with Russia. The volume editors’ primary goal is to illuminate the nature of the deteriorating security relationship between Europe and Russia, and the key implications for its future. While the book is timely, the editors and contributors also draw out long-term lessons from this era of diplomatic degeneration to show how increasing cooperation between two regions can devolve into rapidly escalating conflict. While it is possible that the relationship between Russia and Europe can ultimately be restored, it is also necessary to understand why it was undermined in the first place. The fact that these transformations occur under the backdrop of an uncertain transatlantic relationship makes this investigation all the more pressing. Each chapter in this volume addresses three dimensions of the problem: first, how and why the power status quo that had existed since the end of the Cold War has changed in recent years, as evidenced by Russia’s newly aggressive posturing; second, the extent to which the EU’s power has been enabled or constrained in light of Russia’s actions; and third, the risks entailed in Europe’s reactive power—that is, the tendency to act after-the-fact instead of proactively toward Russia—in light of the transatlantic divide under Trump.

Author : Jackie Gower,Graham Timmins
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843317548

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Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century by Jackie Gower,Graham Timmins Pdf

A comprehensive exploration into the fractious historical and contemporary relationship of these two influential political powers.

Author : Roger E. Kanet
Publisher : Republic of Letters
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Russia (Federation)
ISBN : NWU:35556041153503

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A Resurgent Russia and the West by Roger E. Kanet Pdf

Kanet discusses Russia's return as a super power and examines the global implications.

Author : Aldo Ferrari
Publisher : Edizioni Epoké
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788898014781

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Beyond Ukraine by Aldo Ferrari Pdf

During the last 15 years Putin’s policies have produced a number of controversial effects both at the international and domestic levels, some diplomatic results, and unresolved regional conflicts. In foreign policy he accordingly launched the idea of a Greater Europe. To this aim and with the view to highlighting the goodwill of the Russian government to enhance cooperation with the European Union as a pro-active and equal partner. Sooner than expected, political divergences and vital interests emerged. As a result, the Greater Europe project was progressively frozen, if not plainly abandoned. However, the EU-Russia joint attempts to solve the Ukrainian crises, which were undertaken during the “Normandy Four” meetings (Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine), resulted in signing the weak – but still important – Minsk agreements. This helps to prove that there is still room for cooperation between the two sides. These agreements may hopefully set the stage for a more comprehensive deal aiming to close the gap between the EU’s and Russia’s competing visions.

Author : Simon J. Smith,Carmen Gebhard,Nina Graeger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429845789

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EU-NATO Relations by Simon J. Smith,Carmen Gebhard,Nina Graeger Pdf

For almost fifteen years, both the EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have claimed to partake in a relationship that is purported to be a ‘Strategic Partnership’, albeit one that is troubled by lasting political blockages. The constraints that affect the formal relationship between the two organizations are well-covered terrain in the academic literature – including by most of the contributors to this volume; however, the popular argument that the EU and NATO simply do not cooperate in any substantive way warrants deeper investigation, both theoretically and thematically. Thus, EU-NATO relations might not at first seem like an under-researched area, but much of the existing literature on the issue re-engages oversimplified and formulaic statements about the nature, quality, and practice of interactions between the EU and NATO. This volume aims to develop the EU-NATO research agenda by pursuing three key objectives: (1) reduce the lacuna of theoretically informed analyses of the relationship, (2) add empirically and analytically rigorous case studies to the relevant body of literature, and (3) point to possible developments and solutions in the 'Strategic Partnership'. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in European Security.

Author : Vincent Pouliot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139484411

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International Security in Practice by Vincent Pouliot Pdf

How do once bitter enemies move beyond entrenched rivalry at the diplomatic level? In one of the first attempts to apply practice theory to the study of International Relations, Vincent Pouliot builds on Pierre Bourdieu's sociology to devise a theory of practice of security communities and applies it to post-Cold War security relations between NATO and Russia. Based on dozens of interviews and a thorough analysis of recent history, Pouliot demonstrates that diplomacy has become a normal, though not a self-evident, practice between the two former enemies. He argues that this limited pacification is due to the intense symbolic power struggles that have plagued the relationship ever since NATO began its process of enlargement at the geographical and functional levels. So long as Russia and NATO do not cast each other in the roles that they actually play together, security community development is bound to remain limited.

Author : Alexander Antonov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3656989680

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EU and NATO's Relationship with Russia Between 2000 and 2016. How Realism and Constructivism Help Explain the Deterioration During the Putin and Medvedev Presidencies by Alexander Antonov Pdf

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 12, University of Southern Denmark (University of Southern Denmark - Sonderborg), course: European Studies, language: English, abstract: The following paper scrutinizes the relationship between Russia and the EU/NATO in the last 16 years during Putin's (and Medvedev's) presidencies. The main aim of the thesis is to understand the extent to which the relationship between the parties has deteriorated and the decisive factors, events, that have impeded a mutually beneficial cooperation. In order to provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of the complex topic, an empirical case study approach is applied. Dividing the case in three different dimensions, (1) the political relationship between the EU and Russia, (2) military cooperation between the EU/NATO and Russia and (3) economic relationship between the EU and Russia, the paper also intends to elucidate the effects of the deterioration for the three respective areas. As a theoretical background, the international relations theory Neorealism (defensive; offensive) and the social theory Constructivism are consulted and contrasted with each other. While Neorealism mainly explains how EU/NATO have used their (economic and military) power capabilities to diminish Russia's influence in Europe in the last sixteen years (and after the fall of the Soviet Union in general), Constructivism has been mainly helpful to illustrate how normative and value differences between Moscow and Brussels have hampered a beneficial cooperation. Using the empirical knowledge of the 90s., when Russia embarked on an integrative path with the EU/NATO, the paper contrast those experiences with the relationship of the last sixteen years in order to facilitate the understanding of Russia's resurgence from a broader historical perspective. The paper found out that prior to the current Ukraine crisis, E"

Author : United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : European cooperation
ISBN : UCR:31210014053209

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Russia and NATO by United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Pdf

Author : Martin Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134229567

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Russia and NATO since 1991 by Martin Smith Pdf

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the development of relations between Russia and NATO since 1991. Since the re-emergence of Russia as an independent state in December 1991, debates and controversies surrounding its evolving relations with NATO have been a prominent feature of the European security scene. This is the first detailed and comprehensive book-length analysis of Russia-NATO relations, covering the years 1991-2005. This new volume investigates the nature and substance of the ‘partnership’ relations that have developed between Russia and NATO since the end of the Cold War. It looks at the impact that the Kosovo crisis, September 11th, the Iraq War and the creation of the NATO-Russia Council have on this complex relationship. The author concludes that Russia and NATO have, so far, developed a pragmatic partnership, but one that may potentially develop into a more significant strategic partnership. This book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, European politics and European security.