CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Stoyanov, Aleko Vasilev |
|---|---|
| Title | The Russian Challenges to the EU in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis |
| Summary | The Ukraine crisis strained the relations between the EU and Russia. This new situation presented significant military, economic and political challenges to the EU. In order to address them the EU needs, in first place, to keep and maintain its unity, be coherent and consecutive in its actions towards Russia and at last but not least keep the communication with Moscow open, thus having an opportunity to influence the Kremlin and mitigate the risk of further deterioration of the relations. The thesis is divided in three main chapters. The first one gives an overview of the developments in Russia and on the EU-Ukraine relations in the period after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, thus providing a clearer understanding of the processes in both Eastern European countries. In addition, the theoretical frameworks of the neorealism and liberal institutionalism are applied to explain better the reasons behind the Ukraine crisis. In the second chapter the thesis analyses the challenges for the EU while the third one generates recommendations how the EU could address them. The research is based on literature review, desk research and document analysis. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/stoyanov_aleko.pdf |
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