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Russia, the EU, and the Eastern Partnership : building bridges or digging trenches?
- Title
- Russia, the EU, and the Eastern Partnership : building bridges or digging trenches? / Vasile Rotaru.
- Author
- Rotaru, Vasile
- Publication
- Stuttgart, Germany : ibidem-Verlag, [2018]
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- Description
- 185 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The former Soviet space is at the core of Russian foreign policy. Moscow's special interest in this area results from economic factors, diaspora issues, and, most importantly, from its perceived security need. Obsessed by a fear of being encircled by enemies, Russia sees its hegemony over the former Soviet republics as paramount to the protection of its own borders. Therefore, the rapprochement of any other actor towards this region is regarded with high suspicion. Against this background, Vasile Rotaru analyzes EU-Russia relations with a particular emphasis on the impact of the EaP on Moscow's relations with Brussels. He argues that the EaP represented a turning point in EU-Russia relations, determining Moscow to revise its attitude towards the Union. Rotaru explains that, even if the EaP was Brussels' initiative, the Partnership met the aspirations of the six former Soviet republics. Moreover, despite its opposition towards the EU's initiative, Russia itself acted involuntarily as a propeller of the EaP. By aiming to keep the former Soviet republics close, Moscow often conducts an assertive, aggressive policy in the 'near abroad.' This strategy, however, had mostly opposite effects, causing Russia's neighbors to look elsewhere for support of their sovereignty. From this perspective, the rapprochement of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, and the three Caucasus republics with the EU has not been determined only by Brussels' prosperity and soft-power attractiveness but also by existential fears in the former Soviet republics.
- Series Statement
- Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 186
- Uniform Title
- Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 186.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- EU-Russia relations: from cooperation to distrust -- A clash of two worldviews? -- EU-Russia relations between the Cold War and the Georgian War -- Crossing the red line: the EU and Russia within the contexts of the Georgian War and Ukraine crisis -- A partnership for a common neighbourhood -- From the "New Neighbourhood Initiative" to the Eastern Partnership -- Russia's contribution to the inception of the EaP -- Russia's relations with the EaP countries after 2009.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-3649
- ISBN
- 3838211340
- 9783838211343
- LCCN
- 2019391810
- OCLC
- 1015903448
- Author
- Rotaru, Vasile, author.
- Title
- Russia, the EU, and the Eastern Partnership : building bridges or digging trenches? / Vasile Rotaru.
- Publisher
- Stuttgart, Germany : ibidem-Verlag, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 186Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 186.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-3649