CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Khomeriki, Diana |
|---|---|
| Title | EU-Russia Economic and Security Cooperation: Why the Former Has Been More Successful than the Latter? |
| Summary | The thesis explains why economic issues prevail over security-related affairs in EU-Russia relations despite the fact that common theoretical approaches (liberal institutionalism and realism) indicate the interdependency of the two fields implying their likeliness to move hand in hand. Explanatory research that builds on well-established theories is conducted in order to better understand the divergence in economic and security fields of cooperation between Russia and the EU. The work of Charles Lipson is the basis of the thesis; however, the paper demonstrates an integrated approach to explaining the problem meaning that factors determined by several authors are taken into account. Thus, besides the major importance of Lipson’s paper, his work is modified to be better applied to the post-Cold war context and EU-Russia relations in particular. According to the results of the study, EU-Russia economic relations are more successful than security cooperation because of lower costs of betrayal, more transparency and predictability including availability of necessary information about each others’ actions, lack of competitive struggle and the shadow of the future based on long-term economic interdependency. Overall, economic relations appeared to be more institutionalized than in security field. Moreover, Russia’s bilateral ties with some European countries also play a consequential role in developing successful economic ties. Lastly, Lipson’s work is modified because in post-Cold War context, especially in the energy sector, security and economy are to some extent interlinked. However, it does not undermine the overall claim of divergent economic and security cooperation. |
| Supervisor | Reshetnikov, Anatoly |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/khomeriki_diana.pdf |
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