This book traces the development of EU-Russia relations in recent years. It argues that a major factor influencing the relationship is the changing internal dynamics of both parties, in Russia's case an increasingly authoritarian state, in the case of the EU an increasing coherence in its foreign policy as applied to former Soviet countries which Russia regarded as interference in its own sphere. The book considers the impact of conflicts in Kosovo, Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine, discusses the changing internal situation in both Russia and the EU, including the difficulties in overcoming fragmentation in EU policy-making, and concludes by assessing how the situation is likely to develop.
Autorentext
Anna-Sophie Maass is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair at the College of Europe, Warsaw, Poland.
Inhalt
1. EU-Russian Diplomacy during the Kosovo War
2. Overcoming "The Chechnya Irritant" In EU-Russia Relations
3. Russia and the Politics of the EU's Eastern Enlargement
4. The Risks of the Enlarged EU for EU-Russia Relations during the 'Orange Revolution'
5. Towards Confrontation 2006-2008
6. The Effects of the EU's Diplomacy in Georgia
7. The Point of no Return? EU-Russia Relations after the 'Euro-Maidan'