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Russia and its shared neighbourhoods: a comparative analysis of Russia-EU and Russia-China relations in the EU's Eastern neighbourhood and Central Asia
Samokhvalov, Vsevolod
2018In Contemporary Politics, 24 (1), p. 30-45
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Keywords :
Central Asia; China; European Union; Russia
Abstract :
[en] This article examines the conditions under which great powers succeed or fail to shape a cooperative security agenda in their shared neighbourhoods. It compares Russia's interactions with the EU and with China in their respective shared neighbourhoods: the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood region and Central Asia. The article applies a synthetic framework. It analyses how the interplay between three factors–ideas, capabilities and circumstantial factors such, as the personalities of leading politicians,–shape the process of interaction between great powers. It starts from a comparison of the images of the two regions in Russia's mind-set because such images provide cognitive lenses through which powers make sense of political developments in shared neighbourhoods. The article then moves to show how change in the balance of power (soft and hard) created enabling conditions for competition/collaboration. Finally, the article shows how specific circumstantial factors led to or shaped the Russian-European conflict. At the same time, similar factors prevented Russian-Chinese conflict in Central Asia. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Samokhvalov, Vsevolod ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Relations internationales
Language :
English
Title :
Russia and its shared neighbourhoods: a comparative analysis of Russia-EU and Russia-China relations in the EU's Eastern neighbourhood and Central Asia
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Contemporary Politics
ISSN :
1356-9775
eISSN :
1469-3631
Publisher :
Routledge
Volume :
24
Issue :
1
Pages :
30-45
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
EU BeIPD-COFUND, FP7, Seventh Framework Programme
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