EU Sanctions Policy towards Post-Soviet Conflicts: Cases of Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Journal: Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México)
Year: 2017

"Going beyond the focus on the sanctions´ effectiveness, this article is rather interested in the investigation of EU internal dynamics of decision-making. Looking at post-Soviet frozen conflicts, namely Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the article analyses the internal tensions between Russia-friendly and Russia-hawkish states in the EU process of imposing sanction regimes. Despite potential economic losses and political tensions, in some cases the EU decides and successfull