Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century

by Gower, Jackie; Timmins, Graham; Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

• ISBN13: 9781843313366
• ISBN10: 1843313367
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Anthem Pr

Summary

How can we best understand Russia's relationship with Europe today? Is Russia a European country? What binds us together and divides us? And is there a viable basis for cooperation? Is Russia a friend, a partner, a neighbour or a foe to Europe? This book brings together an impressive group of academic specialists and practitioners to provide a timely and important study of these complex questions. The recognition of mutual dependency, it is argued, needs to be qualified by a range of political, economic and normative tensions which make this a problematic and frequently turbulent relationship. 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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jackie Gower is a visiting lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. Graham Timmins is Jean Monnet Professor in European Integration Studies at the University of Stirling.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of Abbreviations / Acronyms	p. xiii
Foreword Russia and Europe	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Introduction Russia and Europe: What Kind of Partnership?	p. xxi
Russia looking West
Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Policy towards the West: Towards a New Realism	p. 1
The 'Normalization' of Russian Politics and Europe	p. 23
The Russian Elite Perspective on European Relations	p. 41
Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Formulation	p. 57
Russia's Regions in Shaping National Foreign Policy	p. 75
The Russian Military and European Security Cooperation	p. 89
Europe looking East
The European Union's Policy on Russia: Rhetoric or Reality?	p. 111
The Role of Norms and Values in the European Union's Russia Policy	p. 133
NATO and Russia: Progress or Process?	p. 149
German-Russian Bilateral Relations and EU Policy on Russia: Reconciling the Two-Level Game?	p. 169
Shortcut to Great Power: France and Russia in Pursuit of Multipolarity	p. 185
A Europe Divided by Russia?: The New Eastern Member States and the EU's Policy towards the East	p. 207
Partnership in Practice
EU-Russia Political Relations: Negotiating the Common Spaces	p. 229
The Economic Relationship between Russia and the EU: History and Prospects	p. 247
Russia and the European Security Governance Debate	p. 267
Conclusion Russia and Europe: An Uneasy Partnership	p. 289
Index	p. 301
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