The CIS, the EU and Russia: Challenges of Integration

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures, Tables and Annex......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
Preface by the General Editor......Page 17
The concept......Page 20
The structure......Page 24
Part I: In Pursuit of Integration in the Post-Soviet Area......Page 30
Introduction......Page 32
Expectations for the CIS......Page 33
Pragmatism in Russia’s CIS policy......Page 36
Causes of the current crisis......Page 37
Conclusion......Page 39
Introduction......Page 41
Integration in the post-Soviet space: other vectors of integration in Russian foreign policy......Page 42
Russia’s integration in the post-Soviet space in the 1990s......Page 45
Economic considerations during the first Putin presidency......Page 48
Old paradigms in the beginning of the second Putin presidency......Page 53
Pushing CIS states towards integration......Page 56
The concept of multi-level and multi-speed integration and the impact of the EU experience......Page 59
Official policy on the problem of compatibility of integration processes within the CIS and with the EU......Page 61
Conclusion......Page 62
3 Russia’s Pursuit of its Eurasian Security Interests: Weighing the CIS and Alternative Bilateral–Multilateral Arrangements......Page 66
The universe of CIS security treaties: a glass half-full or half-empty?......Page 69
Bilateralism thrives......Page 79
Putin, the CIS and expansive bilateralism......Page 84
Part II: The EU and the Post-Soviet Space......Page 90
Introduction......Page 92
The impact of enlargement on the new neighbours......Page 93
Mitigating the effects of enlargement: the European Neighbourhood Policy......Page 96
Russia–EU relations......Page 100
Analyzing the wider Europe after enlargement......Page 105
Conclusion......Page 109
Different species of regional associations......Page 114
The EU’s Ostpolitik: a research agenda......Page 119
Empirical analysis and first findings......Page 122
Associating with Russia: policies in comparison......Page 132
Conclusion......Page 135
Introduction: patterns in the development of EU–Russia relations......Page 140
The EU and its neighbours: the priority of the CFSP......Page 142
The EU and the CIS: the ‘Russia first’ strategy......Page 145
The decoupling of Russia: the ENP and the four ‘common spaces’......Page 146
The end of the ‘Russia first’ strategy?: action plans and road maps......Page 147
Beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy?......Page 151
Conclusion: two strategies, one partnership......Page 155
Part III: Patterns of Integration......Page 162
7 Parallels and Divergences of Integration in Ukraine and Belarus......Page 164
Ukraine and Belarus between the EU and CIS: divergent integration objectives......Page 165
The state of the Russia–Belarus Union: parallels of integration?......Page 174
Conclusion: parallels and divergences of integration......Page 184
Introduction......Page 190
Ukraine in the context of several international regimes......Page 191
Comparing general regime institutions......Page 193
Trade regimes......Page 202
Legal harmonization......Page 207
From ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ rules toward perceptions of incompatibility......Page 208
From current compatibility to future incompatibility?......Page 209
Conclusion......Page 214
Multi-tier governance structures on the territory of the former Soviet Union......Page 221
The Law of 17 December 2001......Page 226
The situation on the territory of the former Soviet Union......Page 231
Integration within a CIS-framework?......Page 233
Conclusion......Page 236
Introduction......Page 240
Phases of the development of the CES......Page 242
Top-down approach, the role of bureaucracies and the Russian business community......Page 245
A model for the CES and the policy-taker problem......Page 247
Conclusion......Page 252
Conclusion: Challenges of Integration–the EU, the CIS and Russia......Page 254
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