The Common European Economic Space Between Russia and the EU
The Common European Economic Space Between Russia and the EU

Author: Ivan Samson

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The prospect of bringing the European Union and Russia closer together within a Common European Economic Space (CEES) tops the agenda in the EU-Russia dialogue, confirming that the EU views Russia as a strategic partner. This article argues that the CEES is not only positive for Russian economic growth, but that it is a condition for acceleration of sustainable growth and higher productivity in Russia. The aim of the EU in building the CEES is not to force Russia into a particular mould, but to offer a model for economic and legal integration, which can help to boost Russian economic performance. Both the EU and Russia have achieved internal unities, bringing together huge diversities of nations, cultures, and religions. The time has now come to close the gap opened between Russia and the rest of Europe at the beginning of the last century. Integration within the CEES opens the way to this objective.

Russia and the European Union
Russia and the European Union

Author: Oksana Antonenko

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0415359074

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The book looks at the array of political, security, economic, and social concerns raised by the enlargement process. It incorporates different perspectives from existing and new EU member states, Russian scholars and politicians from Moscow and the

Russia and the EU
Russia and the EU

Author: Thomas Hoffmann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-07-27

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1351398369

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The annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Russia’s support for military insurgency in eastern Ukraine undermined two decades of cooperation between Russia and the EU leaving both sides in a situation of reciprocal economic sanctions and political alienation. What is left of previous positive experiences and mutually beneficial interactions between the two parties? And, what new communication practices and strategies might Russia and Europe use? Previously coherent and institutionalized spaces of communication and dialogue between Moscow and Brussels have fragmented into relations that, while certainly not cooperative, are also not necessarily adversarial. Exploring these spaces, contributors consider how this indeterminacy makes cooperation problematic, though not impossible, and examine the shrunken, yet still existent, expanse of interaction between Russia and the EU. Analysing to what extent Russian foreign policy philosophy is compatible with European ideas of democracy, and whether Russia might pragmatically profit from the liberal democratic order, the volume also focuses on the practical implementation of these discourses and conceptualizations as policy instruments. This book is an important resource for researchers in Russian and Soviet Politics, Eastern European Politics and the policy, politics and expansion of the European Union.

Russia and the European Union
Russia and the European Union

Author: Cynthia A. Roberts

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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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.

Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century
Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Jackie Gower

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2009-02-01

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0857286919

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There has never been a more important time to understand Russia's relationship with Europe and it is the subsequent sense of unease both in Russia and Europe which provides the focus for this investigation and which will make it of use to specialist and general readers alike.

Russia and the European Union
Russia and the European Union

Author: Elena G. Popkova

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 3319552570

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This book focuses on the economic and political relationships between Russia and Europe, which are currently characterized by the existence and escalation of contradictions. On the one hand, the common history and geographical proximity of Russia and Europe have naturally produced a close interdependence; on the other, current global political affairs and opposing positions continue to hinder the development of common economic relationships in Russia and Europe. This contributed volume describes integration processes in Russia and Europe to illustrate best practice examples and demonstrates how both parties have increasingly come to understand the importance of international cooperation, highlighting economic, legal, philosophical, political and sociological aspects.

Russia's European Choice
Russia's European Choice

Author: T. Hopf

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-05-26

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 023061258X

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Russia has never been able to escape its relationship with Europe, or Europe with Russia. Geography and history have conspired to make them both neighbors and unavoidable factors in each other s daily lives. From the early 1700s until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Europe and Moscow both relied on material power to balance against any threats emerging from East and West. More recently, Europe and the EU have adopted a different strategy: make Russia non-threatening by making it European, like "us." Meanwhile, Russia s resistance to Europe s assimilationist mission is increasingly robust, fuelled by energy exports to Europe and the world. Contributors to this volume wrestle with the question of whether the European project is feasible, desirable, or even ethical.

The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations
The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations

Author: Tatiana Romanova

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-07-25

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 1351006258

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The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations offers a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in relations between the EU and Russia provided by leading experts in the field. Coherently organised into seven parts, the book provides a structure through which EU-Russia relations can be studied in a comprehensive yet manageable fashion. It provides readers with the tools to deliver critical analysis of this sometimes volatile and polarising relationship, so new events and facts can be conceptualised in an objective and critical manner. Informed by high-quality academic research and key bilateral data/statistics, it further brings scope, balance and depth, with chapters contributed by a range of experts from the EU, Russia and beyond. Chapters deal with a wide range of policy areas and issues that are highly topical and fundamental to understanding the continuing development of EU-Russia relations, such as political and security relations, economic relations, social relations and regional and global governance. The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations aims to promote dialogue between the different research agendas in EU-Russia relations, as well as between Russian and Western scholars and, hopefully, also between civil societies. As such, it will be an essential reference for scholars, students, researchers, policymakers and journalists interested and working in the fields of Russian politics/studies, EU studies/politics, European politics/studies, post-Communist/post-Soviet politics and international relations. The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations is part of a mini-series Europe in the World Handbooks examining EU-regional relations established by Professor Wei Shen.