Overview

This book focuses on the difficulties facing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus with regard to their integration into both the CIS and the encroaching EU. It analyzes the links between the integration mechanisms of the CIS and EU and the various state policies towards, and the elite interests in, the territory of the former Soviet Union.

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Author:   K. Malfliet ,  L. Verpoest ,  E. Vinokurov
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9780230521063

ISBN 10:   0230521061
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   10 May 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: IN PURSUIT OF INTEGRATION IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE The Post-Soviet Space: From the USSR to the Commonwealth of Independent States and Beyond; I.Kobrinskaya Russian Approaches to Integration in the Post-Soviet Space in the 2000s; E.Vinokurov Russia's Pursuit of its Eurasian Security Interests: Weighing the CIS and Alternative Bilateral-Multilateral Arrangements; J.Willerton & M.Beznosov PART II: THE EU AND THE POST-SOVIET SPACE The Clash of Integration Processes? The Shadow Effect of the Enlarged EU on its Eastern Neighbours; T.Casier EU Policies towards Russia: Secondary Integration by Association?; H.Moroff EU- Russia Relations in EU Neighbourhood Policies; M.Vahl PART III: PATTERNS OF INTEGRATION Parallels and Divergences of Integration in Ukraine and Belarus; L.Verpoest Patterns of Integration and Regime Compatibility: Ukraine between the CIS and the EU; R.Dragneva & A.Dimitrova Integration by Absorption: New Subjects for the Russian Federation; G.Kurdiukov & K.Malfliet The EU-Russia Common Economic Space and the Policy-Taker Problem; E.Vinokurov Conclusion: Challenges of Integration: the EU, the CIS and Russia

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KATLIJN MALFLIET is Research Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the Institute for International and European Policy (at K.U. Leuven), Belgium. Katlijn studied Law and Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven). She received an M.A. in East European Studies from the Universities of Ghent, Brussels and Leuven, and a PhD in Legal Science from K.U.Leuven. LIEN VERPOEST is a research fellow at the Institute for International and European Policy (K.U. Lueven), Belgium. Lien studied Slavonic Languages and Eastern European Culture (K.U. Leuven and Saint Petersburg Sta

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