Russian-European relations in the Balkans and Black Sea region : great power identity and the idea of Europe
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Russian-European relations in the Balkans and Black Sea region : great power identity and the idea of Europe
Palgrave Macmillan, c2017
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-282) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a detailed analysis of Russia's 'great power identity' and the role of Europe in forming this identity. 'Great power identity' implies an expansionist foreign policy, and yet this does not explain all the complexities of the Russian state. For instance, it cannot explain why Russia decided to take over Crimea, but provided only limited support to break-away regions in Eastern Ukraine. Moreover, if Russia is in geo-economic competition with Europe, why has no serious conflict erupted between Moscow and other post-Soviet states which developed closer ties with the EU? Finally, why does Putin maintain relationships with the European countries that imposed tough economic sanctions on Russia? Vsevolod Samokhvalov provides a more nuanced understanding of Russia's great power identity by drawing on his experience in regional diplomacy and research and applying a constructivist methodology. The book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, in particular Russian-European relations, Russian foreign policy and Russian studies.
Table of Contents
I: Russian-European relations: an "unexpected" crisis.- II: Greatness, Identity and Method.-III: Writing Russianness, Greatness and Europe in the 1960s.-IV: Writing Russianness, Greatness, Europe and the Balkans in the late Soviet Discourse in the 1980s.- V: Russian-European Security Interaction and the Idea of Great Powerhood between 1991-1999.- VI: Reinvention of Europe and EU-Russia Relations in Putin's Era 2000-2010.- VII: "Black Swan": New Greatness, False Europe and the Ukraine Crisis (2002-2014) .- VIII: Conclusions.
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