the sources and limits of "special relationships" Roberts, Cynthia A. (Professor of political science) Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute. text bibliography government publication text pau 2007 monographic [Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, publisher 2007. eng

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1 electronic resource (ix, 133 pages ) Russia and the West have avoided renewed confrontation despite many post Cold War crises, but illiberal trends in Russia rule out any prospect of developing a mutual agenda for closer integration. Russian engagement with the leading Euro-Atlantic institutions on a special, but still subordinate, nonmember basis remains a clever yet suboptimal substitute. Such relationships, as this monograph about Russia and the European Union explains, tend to produce shallow collaboration, symbolic summitry and costly standoffs. Closer cooperation is blocked by an ongoing dispute over terms, which is rooted in asymmetries in power, ambivalent preferences, uncertainty about the distributional costs and benefits of deeper engagement, and Russia's continued unwillingness or inability to lock-in the liberal domestic structures necessary to make credible commitments. Moscow's renewed self-confidence and geopolitical ambitions, bolstered by sustained economic growth and high energy prices, complicate the bargaining and further strain these special relationships which persist for lack of a realistic, superior alternative. The roots of special relationships: bargaining problems -- Partial integration vs. full integration -- International and domestic incentives to reform: the successful European integration model -- Prospects for anchoring post-Communist neighbors outside the EU -- The framework of relations: building a special relationship in lieu of Russia's membership in EU -- Russia's approach to partnership: underlying commitment problems -- Russia-EU partnership under Putin: tactical success and strategic stalemate -- The long and winding road to nebulous common spaces -- Economic asymmetries and energy interdependence -- Mutual ambivalence about the Europeanization and integration of Russia -- Russia's multi-vector strategy and the mixes appeal of "Euro-east" -- Integration with the West: an idea whose time keeps coming -- Conclusions. This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Cynthia A. Roberts. "February 2007." Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-133). Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. e------ e-ru--- European Union Membership European Union Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- JN30 341.242/2 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2023692868 [Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007 1584872780 (DLC) 2007395043 1584872780 9781584872788 2023692868 pn DLC 070320 20250607123833.0 23399370 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng