Examining Russia-EU relations in terms of the forms and types of
power tools they use, this book argues that the deteriorating
relations between Russia and the EU lie in the deep differences in
their preferences for the international status quo. These different
approaches, combined with economic interdependence and geographic
proximity, means both parties experience significant difficulties
in shaping strategy and formulating agendas with regards to each
other. The Russian leadership is well aware of the EU's "authority
orientation" but fails to reliably predict foreign policy at the EU
level, whilst the EU realizes Russia's "coercive orientation" in
general, but cannot predict when and where coercive tools will be
used next. Russia is gradually realizing the importance of
authority, while the EU sees the necessity of coercion tools for
coping with certain challenges. The learning process is ongoing but
the basic distinction remains unchanged and so their approaches
cannot be reconciled as long as both actors exist in their current
form. Using a theoretical framework and case studies including
Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine, Busygina examines the possibilities
and constraints that arise when the "power of authority" and the
"power of coercion" interact with each other, and how this
interaction affects third parties.
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