Putin's Russia And The Enlarged Europe

by Allison, Roy; Light, Margot; White, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781405126489
• ISBN10: 1405126485
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This authoritative work examines recent changes in Russia's relations with the EU and NATO and explores the patterns of support for these various orientations among its own elites and public. Investigates Russian engagement with the enlarged European Union and NATO. Evaluates the serious choices to be made on both sides about the obstacles to good relations, and about the policies to enable a form of Russian 'inclusion without membership'. Draws on extensive interviews with Russian decision-makers as well as a body of new survey evidence, official sources and recently published debates. Anticipates the issues that will become increasingly prominent, including competition in the 'common neighbourhood' and controversy over the role of values in shaping Russia's future position in Europe.

Author Biography

Roy Allison is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was Head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) (1993–2005); Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford (2001–5); and Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham (1992–9). His editorial board memberships include International Affairs. He has previously published, co-authored or edited eight books on Soviet, Russian and CIS foreign and security policies.

Margot Light is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Her recent publications include ‘Russia and the West: Is There a Values Gap?’ (with Stephen White and Ian McAllister), International Politics, September 2005; ‘Foreign Policy’ in Developments in Russian Politics 6, edited by Stephen White, Richard Sakwa and Zvi Gitelman (2005); and ‘Belarus between East and West’ (with Roy Allison and Stephen White), Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, December 2005.

Stephen White is Professor of International Politics at the University of Glasgow, and is a Senior Research Associate of its School of Central and East European Studies and of the Institute of Applied Politics in Moscow. He was President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (1994–7), and is also chief editor of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. His recent publications include Developments in Russian Politics 6 (with others, 2005), and Politics in Europe (with others, 2006).

Table of Contents

About the authors	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Abbreviations and acronyms	x
The place of Europe in Russian foreign policy	1	(20)
Margot Light
Roy Allison
Russia and NATO	4	(2)
Russia and the EU	6	(3)
The impact of 9/11 on Russia's relations with NATO and the EU	9	(3)
Russian elites and their foreign policy views	12	(1)
Analysis and arguments	13	(8)
The domestic management of Russia's foreign and security policy	21	(24)
Stephen White
Consolidating the Putin leadership	23	(7)
Foreign policy decision-making	30	(6)
Defence and security policy decision-making	36	(5)
The presidential black box	41	(4)
Russian political engagement with the European Union	45	(27)
Margot Light
Russia, Europe and the EU	47	(2)
Recent controversies in Russia--EU relations	49	(20)
Conclusion	69	(3)
Russian security engagement with the European Union	72	(22)
Roy Allison
Russian elite debate	73	(5)
Policy achievements and future potential	78	(7)
The European Union's new security neighbourhood	85	(6)
Conclusion	91	(3)
Russian security engagement with NATO	94	(36)
Roy Allison
NATO or the EU as Russia's principal security partner in Europe?	95	(1)
Russian engagement with NATO	96	(3)
Russian elite debate on NATO since 2000	99	(6)
Policy achievements and future potential	105	(11)
Russian official threat perceptions of NATO and NATO enlargement	116	(6)
Towards associate membership? An agenda for deeper NATO--Russia cooperation	122	(2)
Russian membership of NATO?	124	(3)
Conclusion	127	(3)
Russia and `Europe': the public dimension	130	(30)
Stephen White
Foreign policy: the public political agenda	131	(5)
A `European choice'?	136	(5)
A changing security environment	141	(4)
Russia and NATO	145	(3)
Identity: the view from below	148	(4)
Russia and `Europe'	152	(3)
Russians and their security environment	155	(5)
`Russia in Europe' or `Russia and Europe'?	160	(21)
Roy Allison
New challenges in the foreign policy environment	161	(5)
Values, interests and pragmatic policy	166	(9)
Scenarios for future policy	175	(6)
A note on sources	181	(3)
Notes	184	(37)
Index	221