The European Union as an international actor from an Interactionist Role Theory perspective : Lessons from the crisis in Ukraine
Journal: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Year: 2020

This thesis aims to answer how the EU’s role as an international actor was constructed after the Russian occupation of Crimea, by utilising an interactionist role theory analytical framework. In doing so it makes a theoretical contribution to the framework by connecting it to concepts found useful in earlier actorness research. The empirical contribution is made by tracing the role-making process that followed Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. The framework proved useful when analysing how