A Focus on EU-Russian Relations

The EU and Russia have established a relationship based on a number of agreements. The latest agreement was the signing of the road maps for four common spaces. But still, the relationship does not run smoothly and faces a number of challenges and problems that are not only of regional importance but do also have an impact on the global level. This volume presents an analysis of a number of aspects which have proved to be important for said relationship. As such, the volume provides a focus on the status quo of the relations in 2004/2005. It combines views of scientists from the EU and from Russia with regard to pressing or latent issues.

Autorentext
The Editor: Kirsten Westphal is assistant professor for international relations and foreign policy at the University of Gießen. She has worked extensively on Russian foreign and energy policy, the EU's external relations and international energy policy.

Inhalt
Contents: Kirsten Westphal: The EU-Russian Relationship and the Energy Factor: A European View Pierre Bailly: La transformation structurelle de l'UE et la redéfinition politique de l'Europe Reimund Seidelmann: Decision-making in EU's CFSP: Deficits and Perspectives A. N. Nikolaev: Russia in the Modern International System: Problems of Mutual Perceptions Olga Garanina: Russian-European Economic Relations: Impact of the Enlargement of the European Union David A. Dyker: Key Problems in Russia's Negotiations for Accession to the WTO Andreas Vasilache: Le Terrorisme transnational et la Politisation de la Peur.