The European Union and Russia

Forsberg, Tuomas; Haukkala, Hiski

doi:10.1007/978-1-137-35535-5

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“…On the contrary, in early 2000s both parties were still looking for ways to make the relationship work. (For accounts that testify to this effect, see Forsberg and Haukkala 2016 ; Stent 2014 .) These repeated attempts at ‘resets’ and other fresh beginnings were marred by the underlying and largely irreconcilable tension where the western unipolarity, however, well intended, ran counter to the growing Russian calls for a more equitable and essentially bipolar setting in Europe.…”

Section: The Trajectory Of Western Unipolar Hegemony In Europementioning

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Nonpolar Europe? Examining the causes and drivers behind the decline of ordering agents in Europe

Haukkala

2020

Int Polit

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Is Europe headed towards nonpolarity? What would that entail for the future stability and security of the continent? Taking its cue from IR debates about the effects of polarity on international order, the article develops conceptual tools and an analytical narrative concerning Europe during the post-Cold War era. It refines the concept of a Great Power by suggesting the notion of ‘ordering agents’ and ponders whether Europe is in danger of drifting towards a period of nonpolarity with no power being able to shoulder the responsibility of ordering and providing good stewardship over Europe.

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Section: The Trajectory Of Western Unipolar Hegemony In Europementioning

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Nonpolar Europe? Examining the causes and drivers behind the decline of ordering agents in Europe

Haukkala

2020

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“…Everything in Russia's history militated against it becoming simply a subordinate element of an expanding "Historical West". At first, Russia sought to devise a fundamental partnership with the enlarging EU, but even that faltered by the mid-2000s, as a wave of traditionally anti-Russian post-communist countries joined (Maas 2016;Forsberg & Haukkala 2016). Even more disruptive was NATO enlargement, something that realists, such as George Kennan, warned would ultimately provoke a Russian counter-reaction.…”

Section: Russia and Neo-revisionismmentioning

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Stasis and Change: Russia and the Emergence of an Anti-hegemonic World Order

Sakwa

2019

Russia in the Changing International System

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“…The "European Union exception" in Russian Arctic policy Over the last three decades, EU-Russia (power) relations have fluctuated wildly, defying simple analysis (Forsberg, 2013;Forsberg & Haukkala, 2016;Foxall, 2017, p. 174). The broader evolution and nature of this relation can be roughly divided into three phases (Haukkala, 2015, p. 26): first, a formative phase in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War, characterised by optimism and joint efforts; the second phase, more troublesome but still marked by optimism, between 1994 and 2000, influenced by the Russian economic crash of 1998, NATO's engagement in the wars on the Balkan Peninsula and the EU's negative response to Russian actions in the Chechen wars (Nitoiu, 2016).…”

Section: The European Union Meeting Russia In the European North Andmentioning

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Has Russia heard about the European Union’s Arcticness? The EU’s Arctic steps as seen from Russia

Skripnikova

Raspotnik

2019

Polar Record

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AbstractEver since 2007/2008, the European Union (EU) and its various institutional actors have been developing a dedicated EU Arctic policy, setting common positions, stressing the EU’s Arctic credentials and prominently expressing its own “Arcticness”. These Arctic steps have been thoroughly scrutinised over the past decade. Yet, research has almost ignored one particular pillar of the EU’s Arctic endeavour: the “Arctic exception” in EU–Russia relations and the related lack of a distinct Russian dimension in the EU’s Arctic policy. Similarly, little is known of how the Russian side views the EU’s Arctic policy steps taken since 2008. The extensive transdisciplinary literature on EU–Russia relations has basically ignored how the EU has been represented in Russia ever since 1991. This article examines EU and Russian Arctic policies and their relations in the European North. In attempting to explore how the EU’s “Arcticness” has been presented, narrated and perceived in Russian media between 2008 and 2018, we draw upon an analysis of articles published on various Russian media platforms during that period. The study identified four core narratives of the EU’s engagement in the Arctic: the EU as player, as seeker, as prohibitor and as partner. These narratives provide evidence of the “Arctic exception” in EU–Russia relations, as well as offering some related explanations.

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The European Union and Russia

Cited by 51 publications

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Nonpolar Europe? Examining the causes and drivers behind the decline of ordering agents in Europe

Nonpolar Europe? Examining the causes and drivers behind the decline of ordering agents in Europe

Stasis and Change: Russia and the Emergence of an Anti-hegemonic World Order

Has Russia heard about the European Union’s Arcticness? The EU’s Arctic steps as seen from Russia

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