02973nam 2200613 450 991078654760332120230803202759.01-62637-188-110.1515/9781626371880(CKB)3710000000121838(MH)013877175-8(SSID)ssj0001228148(PQKBManifestationID)12549246(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001228148(PQKBWorkID)11280935(PQKB)11401581(MiAaPQ)EBC5258599(Au-PeEL)EBL5258599(CaPaEBR)ebr11508635(OCoLC)881183297(DE-B1597)623722(DE-B1597)9781626371880(EXLCZ)99371000000012183820180228h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRussia vs. the EU the competition for influence in post-Soviet states /Jakob TolstrupBoulder, Colorado ;London, [England] :FirstForumPress,2014.©20141 online resource (295 pages )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-935049-93-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Setting the stage : post-Soviet Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine -- Studying the influence of external actors -- A theory of external influence -- The period of uncertainty, 1991-1994 -- Ruling elites regain control, 1995-1999 -- Competition for domestic power and external influence intensifies, 2000-2004 -- The return of geopolitics, 2005-2010 -- Overall trends in Russian and EU influence.Do Russia and the European Union have any substantial influence over the political trajectories of post-Soviet states? Shedding new light on the interplay between domestic and external drivers of regime change, Jakob Tolstrup analyzes the impact of Russia and the EU on the democratization and autocratization processes in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine.GeopoliticsFormer Soviet republicsFormer Soviet republicsForeign relationsRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Foreign relationsFormer Soviet republicsFormer Soviet republicsForeign relationsEuropean Union countriesEuropean Union countriesForeign relationsFormer Soviet republicsGeopolitics327.4704Tolstrup Jakob1980-1498967MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786547603321Russia vs. the EU3724755UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress