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Between interdependence and strategic interests: EU-Russia relations after the Georgian war
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Abstract The EU-Russia relations have never been neither smooth nor too predictable; however, Georgian war was a shock for the West. The August 2008 events made European diplomats question the reliability of the Kremlin in the international arena, while the scholars brought again into discussion the Brezhnev... view more
The EU-Russia relations have never been neither smooth nor too predictable; however, Georgian war was a shock for the West. The August 2008 events made European diplomats question the reliability of the Kremlin in the international arena, while the scholars brought again into discussion the Brezhnev Doctrine. How did the EU and Russia overpass the deadlock and how have their relationship evolved? Using qualitative research methods: elite semi-structured interviews with the EU officials and Russian scholars, document analysis, discourse analysis and press coverage, the present article tries to answer to the above questions, presenting the main challenges of the EU-Russia relations and explaining the difficulties of negotiations between the two actors.... view less
Keywords
EU; Western European Union; Russia; international interdependence; neighborhood; modernization; diplomacy; international relations; political relations
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 469-483
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 12 (2012) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works