Block 2: Eastern Partnership – from Prague to Riga. EU and Russia (Introduction) (March 1)
Eastern Partnership – from Prague to Riga summits (achievements and problems) – cont.
EU and Russia (Introduction)
Russia and Europe: historical perspective. Development and the key problems of the EU-Russia relations: Political, economic and energy security dimension. Russia and the EU member states: Western Europe and East-Central Europe.
Readings:
- Kolesnikov, A. (2015): The Russian Regime in 2015: All Tactics, No Strategy. On-line: (http://carnegie.ru/2015/09/09/russian-regime-in-2015-all-tactics-no-strategy/ih3t)
- Trenin, D.; Lipman, M.; Malashenko, A. (eds.; 2013): The End of an Era in EU-Russia Relations. Carnegie Moscow Center, May 30, 2013. (Total 30 pages)
Recommended:
- Tsygankov, A., P. (2010): Russia´s foreign policy: change and continuity in national identity, Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 55 - 77.
- White, S. (2011): Understanding Russian Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 263 – 319.
- White, S.; Feklyunina, V. (2014): Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The Other Europes. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 51 – 98. (Total 47 pages)
Texts for PP1:
- Bickerton, Ch., J. (2015): European Union Foreign Policy. From Effectiveness to Functionality. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 76 – 101. (Total 25 pages)
- Dȋrdală, L.-D. (2013): After Vilnius: the European Union’s smart power and the Eastern Neighbourhood, Eastern Journal of European Studies, Vol. 4, I. 2, December 2013, pp. 123 – 136. (Total 17 pages)
- Smith, M., H. (2015): The EU as a Diplomatic Actor in the Post-Lisbon Era: Robust or Rootless Hybrid? In: Koops, Joachim, A.; Macaj, Gjovalin (eds.; 2015): The European Union as a Diplomatic Actor. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 11 – 30. (Total 19 pages)
Deadline for uploading of PP 1: “What kind of actor should the EU be in the Eastern neighbourhood?” is March 6.
Materials for the PP1: See the file "Articles for PP 1" in Study materials (Assigned Reading).
The texts discuss the following questions:
What does it mean for the EU to be a normative actor? - Problems, limits, critique.
What are the challenges for the EU as a diplomatic actor after the Lisbon Treaty ratification?
What kind of actor should the EU be in its Eastern neigbourhood after 2013?