Russia-EU Relations and the Common Neighbourhood
Subtitle: Coercion vs. Authority
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781138215467
Subjects: Russia (federation), foreign relations; European union countries, foreign relations; Former soviet republics, foreign relations
Description: "Examining Russia-EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the main source of tensions lies in deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo; the nature of the Russian state explains its routine use of coercion, while as a weak federal union, the EU is 'doomed' to use tools based on authority" -