The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia
Contestation remains a significant factor in the EU neighbourhood. The aim of this article is to elaborate on the role of external actors – namely the European Union and the Russian Federation – in managing local and regional contestation. The latter is defined as incompatibilities between two or mo...
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| description | Contestation remains a significant factor in the EU neighbourhood. The aim of this article is to elaborate on the role of external actors – namely the European Union and the Russian Federation – in managing local and regional contestation. The latter is defined as incompatibilities between two or more competing views about how political, economic, social, and territorial order should be established and/or sustained. Competing interests between the EU and Russia concern many issues; the model of political system in the neighbourhood (democracy vs. authoritarianism), the model and direction of the economic integration of these countries (European or Eurasia integration), and the infrastructure and availability of gas and oil (energy disputes). The common neighbourhood, which concerns EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine), has become an area of rivalry rather than cooperation between the EU and Russia. The first seeks to stabilise the post-Soviet area, while Russia exploits local destabilisations and conflicts to maintain its influence there. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96bb0b64b53d47f9b839c746b05c26f92022-12-21T17:49:35ZengCenter for Europe, Warsaw UniversityStudia Europejskie1428-149X2022-12-01254375010.33067/SE.4.2021.2The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and RussiaAgnieszka Legucka0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-2606Agata Włodkowska1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7676-0693The Academy of Finance and Business Vistula in WarsawThe Academy of Finance and Business Vistula in WarsawContestation remains a significant factor in the EU neighbourhood. The aim of this article is to elaborate on the role of external actors – namely the European Union and the Russian Federation – in managing local and regional contestation. The latter is defined as incompatibilities between two or more competing views about how political, economic, social, and territorial order should be established and/or sustained. Competing interests between the EU and Russia concern many issues; the model of political system in the neighbourhood (democracy vs. authoritarianism), the model and direction of the economic integration of these countries (European or Eurasia integration), and the infrastructure and availability of gas and oil (energy disputes). The common neighbourhood, which concerns EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine), has become an area of rivalry rather than cooperation between the EU and Russia. The first seeks to stabilise the post-Soviet area, while Russia exploits local destabilisations and conflicts to maintain its influence there.https://www.ce.uw.edu.pl/pliki/pw/4-2021-Legucka.pdfrussiaeuropean unioneastern partnershiprivalryclash of interests |
| spellingShingle | Agnieszka Legucka Agata Włodkowska The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia Studia Europejskie russia european union eastern partnership rivalry clash of interests |
| title | The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia |
| title_full | The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia |
| title_fullStr | The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia |
| title_short | The Eastern Partnership as a Contested Neighbourhood: The Role of External Actors – The EU and Russia |
| title_sort | eastern partnership as a contested neighbourhood the role of external actors the eu and russia |
| topic | russia european union eastern partnership rivalry clash of interests |
| url | https://www.ce.uw.edu.pl/pliki/pw/4-2021-Legucka.pdf |
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