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020 $a9783838211343$qpaperback
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100 1 $aRotaru, Vasile,$eauthor.
245 10 $aRussia, the EU, and the Eastern Partnership :$bbuilding bridges or digging trenches? /$cVasile Rotaru.
264 1 $aStuttgart, Germany :$bibidem-Verlag,$c[2018]
300 $a185 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society$v186
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aEU-Russia relations: from cooperation to distrust -- A clash of two worldviews? -- EU-Russia relations between the Cold War and the Georgian War -- Crossing the red line: the EU and Russia within the contexts of the Georgian War and Ukraine crisis -- A partnership for a common neighbourhood -- From the "New Neighbourhood Initiative" to the Eastern Partnership -- Russia's contribution to the inception of the EaP -- Russia's relations with the EaP countries after 2009.
520 8 $aThe former Soviet space is at the core of Russian foreign policy. Moscow's special interest in this area results from economic factors, diaspora issues, and, most importantly, from its perceived security need. Obsessed by a fear of being encircled by enemies, Russia sees its hegemony over the former Soviet republics as paramount to the protection of its own borders. Therefore, the rapprochement of any other actor towards this region is regarded with high suspicion. Against this background, Vasile Rotaru analyzes EU-Russia relations with a particular emphasis on the impact of the EaP on Moscow's relations with Brussels. He argues that the EaP represented a turning point in EU-Russia relations, determining Moscow to revise its attitude towards the Union. Rotaru explains that, even if the EaP was Brussels' initiative, the Partnership met the aspirations of the six former Soviet republics. Moreover, despite its opposition towards the EU's initiative, Russia itself acted involuntarily as a propeller of the EaP. By aiming to keep the former Soviet republics close, Moscow often conducts an assertive, aggressive policy in the 'near abroad.' This strategy, however, had mostly opposite effects, causing Russia's neighbors to look elsewhere for support of their sovereignty. From this perspective, the rapprochement of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, and the three Caucasus republics with the EU has not been determined only by Brussels' prosperity and soft-power attractiveness but also by existential fears in the former Soviet republics.
610 20 $aEastern Partnership.
610 27 $aEastern Partnership.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01924960
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xForeign relations$zEuropean Union countries.
651 0 $aEuropean Union countries$xForeign relations$zRussia (Federation)
650 7 $aDiplomatic relations.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01907412
651 7 $aEurope$zEuropean Union countries.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01269470
651 7 $aRussia (Federation)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01262050
830 0 $aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;$v186.
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