LEADER 04783nam 22005415 450 001 9910984579903321 005 20250301115250.0 010 $a9783031754883 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-75488-3 035 $a(CKB)37776312300041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31954000 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31954000 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-75488-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937776312300041 100 $a20250301d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEU and Russian Hegemony in the 'Shared Neighbourhood' $eBetween Coercion, Prescription, and Co-optation /$fby Isabell Burmester 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) 225 1 $aThe European Union in International Affairs,$x2662-592X 311 08$a9783031754876 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction: Russia?s war in Ukraine and the ?shared neighbourhood? in a historical context -- Chapter 2: EU, Russia, and the theory of hegemonic power -- Chapter 3: EU and Russian coercion: Manipulating the cost-benefit calculations of the Moldovan and Armenian governments -- Chapter 4: EU and Russian prescription: Setting rules and standards for food safety -- Chapter 5: EU and Russia co-optation: (Re-)shaping the ideas and beliefs in the Moldovan and Armenian societies -- Chapter 6: EU and Russian hegemonic power over time: From a common neighbourhood policy towards differentiation -- Chapter 7: Conclusion and way forward: What future for the region and how we study it?. 330 $aThis open access book examines the EU?s and Russia?s policies in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus through the prism of hegemony, a concept that it applies to both regional actors. The study cross fertilises the literatures on the EU neighbourhood policy, Russia?s foreign policy, and the scholarship on power in international relations to arrive at an innovative conceptualisation of the mechanisms of hegemonic power. The comparative lens of the analysis leads to novel findings that advance our understanding of the EU?s and Russia?s behaviour in the EU?s Eastern neighbourhood. In this book, the existing, separate theorisations are subsumed under more generic terms and concepts, thereby rendering EU and Russian modes of influence comparable for empirical analysis. The comprehensive conceptual framework of hegemonic power in shared neighbourhoods is based on three ideal typical mechanisms of hegemonic influence: coercion, prescription, and co-optation. To understand the nature of EU and Russian hegemony in the region, the uses of the three mechanisms by Russia and the EU towards two neighbourhood countries are compared. The focus is laid on EU and Russian actions towards Moldova and Armenia since the beginning of the 2000s and the local perceptions of these actions. Thus, the comparative case study provides insights into the longer developments in this regional order that led to Russia?s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The book is intended for scholars and students interested in understanding the broader context of Russia?s war in Ukraine. Because of its contribution to the debate on regional powers in shared neighbourhoods, it is particularly useful for researchers analysing the (changing) power dynamics and hegemonic behaviour in this regional order. Furthermore, it offers other scholars an analytical framework to work with when analysing the policies of different regional powers. Isabell Burmester is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of European Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris, France. Her work is situated at the intersection of international relations and area studies with a focus on international and regional hegemony. Specifically, she explores the nature of European and Russian hegemony in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. 410 0$aThe European Union in International Affairs,$x2662-592X 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aInternational Relations 606 $aForeign Policy 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aForeign Policy. 676 $a327.4047 700 $aBurmester$b Isabell$01792997 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910984579903321 996 $aEU and Russian Hegemony in the 'Shared Neighbourhood$94332204 997 $aUNINA