Ukraine Between the EU and Russia: The Integration Challenge

2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-51625-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

This book addresses the complex origins of the Ukrainian crisis. It places the crisis in a longer-term perspective and shows how the domestic political regime interpreted, balanced and eventually chose between the competing integration offers of Russia and the EU. It also explores the key implications for Ukraine's relations with the EU and Russia.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dragneva-Lewers, R.

Wolczuk, K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Ost-West Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. Ukraine and Russia: Managing Interdependence 3. Ukraine and Europe: Integration by Demand 4. The EU and the Yanukovych Regime: The Widening Gap 5. Russia's New Integration Offer: Forcing Ukraine's Hand 6. Yanukovych, the EU and Russia: The End of Balancing 7. The Military Backlash 8. The Association Agreement: Trilateralisation Amidst War 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kataryna Wolczuk is Reader in Politics and International Studies at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), University of Birmingham, UK. Her previous publications include The Moulding of Ukraine: Constitutional Politics of State Formation (2002) and Eurasian Economic Integration: Law, Policy, and Politics (with Rilka Dragneva, 2013).

Rilka Dragneva is Reader in Law, Development and Regional Integration, University of Birmingham, UK. She works on regional integration, EU external policy, and legal reform with a special reference to Eastern Europe. Her recent publications focus on Eurasian economic integration and its overlaps with EU initiatives in the post-Soviet region.