Interdependencies of Eastern Partnership Countries with the EU and Russia: Three Case Studies
Journal: Refubium (Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin)
Year: 2018

Asymmetric interdependencies with Russia have been identified as a key factor influencing domestic change in response to EU policies in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. As argued in the literature, interdependencies can either facilitate or constrain EU-demanded change, depending on whether they are associated with EaP countries’ sensitivity or vulnerability to Russia’s policies. In this paper, we provide a systematic mapping and process-tracing of interdependencies in three EaP countries (B