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The book looks at the array of political, security, economic, and social concerns raised by the enlargement process. It incorporates different perspectives from existing and new EU member states, Russian scholars and politicians from Moscow and the
The prospect of bringing the European Union and Russia closer together within a Common European Economic Space (CEES) tops the agenda in the EU-Russia dialogue, confirming that the EU views Russia as a strategic partner. This article argues that the CEES is not only positive for Russian economic growth, but that it is a condition for acceleration of sustainable growth and higher productivity in Russia. The aim of the EU in building the CEES is not to force Russia into a particular mould, but to offer a model for economic and legal integration, which can help to boost Russian economic performance. Both the EU and Russia have achieved internal unities, bringing together huge diversities of nations, cultures, and religions. The time has now come to close the gap opened between Russia and the rest of Europe at the beginning of the last century. Integration within the CEES opens the way to this objective.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: 1,0, University of Economics, Prague, course: Contemporary Russia, 17 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Russia is the biggest country in Europe, as well in population as in area. Therefore it is impossible for the other big entity, as well in population as in area, the EU, to ignore Russia. Even more because through the enlargement both now have a common border. Not only for this reason, but also stemming from economic interest in the big market and its resources, the EU developed multi-faced "partnership" with Russia. How did these partnership develop? How is it shaped? These are the first two questions this essay deals with. The Kaliningrad policy and the Energy Dialogue thereby serve as actual policy examples. But are the EU and Russia following common interests as the term "partnership" indicates? What is missing, what are their concepts and what are the future prospects? These are the questions answered in the second part.
Russia and the West have avoided renewed confrontation despite many post Cold War crises, but illiberal trends in Russia rule out any prospect of developing a mutual agenda for closer integration. Russian engagement with the leading Euro-Atlantic institutions on a special, but still subordinate, nonmember basis remains a clever yet suboptimal substitute. Such relationships, as this monograph about Russia and the European Union explains, tend to produce shallow collaboration, symbolic summitry and costly standoffs. Closer cooperation is blocked by an ongoing dispute over terms, which is rooted in asymmetries in power, ambivalent preferences, uncertainty about the distributional costs and benefits of deeper engagement, and Russia's continued unwillingness or inability to lock-in the liberal domestic structures necessary to make credible commitments. Moscow's renewed self-confidence and geopolitical ambitions, bolstered by sustained economic growth and high energy prices, complicate the bargaining and further strain these special relationships which persist for lack of a realistic, superior alternative.
Russia is EU's third most important trading partner after the USA and China. EU is less dependent on Russia for trade and Russia is more dependent on the EU for trade. However, EU is more dependent on Russia for energy. With EU's growing energy dependence on Russia, the issue of energy security gains salience for the EU. There is a tendency in Russia to re-nationalize oil and gas industry. Greater government control over oil and gas would lead to lower investment in this area and also lower profitability due to inefficiencies inherent in government controlled organizations. This might impact energy supplies to the EU. The EU is demanding market reform and more social responsibility from Russia. The EU-Russia economic and trade issues are, therefore, politico-economic in nature. A number of summits have been held between the two economic partners but issues remain. The 25th EU-Russia summit was held May 31-June 1, 2010 when a Partnership for Modernization was launched for their mutual benefit based on democracy and the rule of law. The aim is to promote reform, enhance growth and competitiveness. This paper explores the nature and status of relationship between the two partners and how the relationship might be strengthened for their mutual benefit.
Modern trends in geopolitics have raised serious questions about the future global and regional architecture of the world system. In the case of the Eurasian Economic Union, these questions bring up important issues for debate: What is the Eurasian Economic Union? What theoretical concepts could be applied for modern Eurasian integration? Why is the Eurasian Economic Union forming? Most importantly, what prospects does this Union have in the framework of the modern geopolitical situation? This book explores the process of Eurasian integration in the modern global world. The creation of the Eurasian Economic Union has become a topical issue in modern Russian foreign policy. Neo-Eurasianist ideas can be viewed as a geopolitical basis and rationale for the Eurasian Economic Union that may constitute an integrational structure, consolidating the post-Soviet area and neighboring regions. This book argues that Eurasia is a region representing an organic integrity due to close mentality, common and centuries-long history, common language of international communication, a multitude of economic ties, and an identical level of technological development across all countries within the post-Soviet area. Yet, advancement of the Eurasian integration idea into practical implementation should have new objective suppositions as well. These are defined by the contemporary economic, political, and ethno-cultural processes in the post-Soviet space.
This book focuses on the economic and political relationships between Russia and Europe, which are currently characterized by the existence and escalation of contradictions. On the one hand, the common history and geographical proximity of Russia and Europe have naturally produced a close interdependence; on the other, current global political affairs and opposing positions continue to hinder the development of common economic relationships in Russia and Europe. This contributed volume describes integration processes in Russia and Europe to illustrate best practice examples and demonstrates how both parties have increasingly come to understand the importance of international cooperation, highlighting economic, legal, philosophical, political and sociological aspects.
By taking stock of the implementation of the EU’s Global Strategy and the five principles that are guiding EU-Russia relations, this volume contributes to a better understanding of the current EU-Russia relationship and the prospects for overcoming the existing deadlock.