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Russia-EU Relations and the Common Neighborhood : Coercion vs. Authority / Irina Busygina.

By: Busygina, Irina [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Post-Soviet PoliticsPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2018Description: 1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315443966; 9781315443935Subject(s): European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation) | Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries | Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relationsAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 327.4704 LOC classification: D1065.R9 | B87 2018Online access: Click here to view.
Contents:
chapter Introduction: And yet another book chapter 1 Forms of power in international relations chapter 2 State- building in Russia and the choice for coercion in external relations chapter 3 Multilevel arrangements in EU external relations: Stimulating authority, constraining coercion chapter 4 Russia and the EU: From failed authority to mutual coercion chapter 5 Russia and the EU: No winners in the common neighborhood chapter 6 Belarus: Strangulation in a fraternal embrace chapter 7 Georgia: The story of one coercion and two authorities chapter 8 Ukraine: The “battlefield” chapter 9 Turkey: not- so- terrible coercion, not- so- needed authority.
Summary: "Examining Russia-EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the deteriorating relations between Russia and the EU lie in the deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo. These different approaches, combined with economic interdependence and geographic proximity, means both parties experience significant difficulties in shaping strategy and formulating agendas with regards to each other. The Russian leadership is well aware of the EU's "authority orientation" but fails to reliably predict foreign policy at the EU level, whilst the EU realizes Russia's "coercive orientation" in general, but cannot predict when and where coercive tools will be used next. Russia is gradually realizing the importance of authority, while the EU sees the necessity of coercion tools for coping with certain challenges. The learning process is ongoing but the basic distinction remains unchanged and so their approaches cannot be reconciled as long as both actors exist in their current form.Using a theoretical framework and case studies including Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine, Busygina examines the possibilities and constraints that arise when the "power of authority" and the "power of coercion" interact with each other, and how this interaction affects third parties. "--Provided by publisher.
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chapter Introduction: And yet another book chapter 1 Forms of power in international relations chapter 2 State- building in Russia and the choice for coercion in external relations chapter 3 Multilevel arrangements in EU external relations: Stimulating authority, constraining coercion chapter 4 Russia and the EU: From failed authority to mutual coercion chapter 5 Russia and the EU: No winners in the common neighborhood chapter 6 Belarus: Strangulation in a fraternal embrace chapter 7 Georgia: The story of one coercion and two authorities chapter 8 Ukraine: The “battlefield” chapter 9 Turkey: not- so- terrible coercion, not- so- needed authority.

"Examining Russia-EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the deteriorating relations between Russia and the EU lie in the deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo. These different approaches, combined with economic interdependence and geographic proximity, means both parties experience significant difficulties in shaping strategy and formulating agendas with regards to each other. The Russian leadership is well aware of the EU's "authority orientation" but fails to reliably predict foreign policy at the EU level, whilst the EU realizes Russia's "coercive orientation" in general, but cannot predict when and where coercive tools will be used next. Russia is gradually realizing the importance of authority, while the EU sees the necessity of coercion tools for coping with certain challenges. The learning process is ongoing but the basic distinction remains unchanged and so their approaches cannot be reconciled as long as both actors exist in their current form.Using a theoretical framework and case studies including Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine, Busygina examines the possibilities and constraints that arise when the "power of authority" and the "power of coercion" interact with each other, and how this interaction affects third parties. "--Provided by publisher.

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