This book addresses the complex origins of the Ukrainian crisis. It places the crisis in a
longer-term perspective and shows how the domestic political regime interpreted, balanced …

Ukraine's policy towards Russia since independence in 1991 has been characterised by a
predicament: how to preserve its statehood in the context of its heavy economic dependence …

The literature on the European Union influence's in its Eastern neighbourhood has tended to
focus on EU-level policies and prioritize EU-related variables. This book seeks to overcome …

This article enriches the understanding of region-building processes in the post-Soviet
space by explaining why countries engage into regional projects. Based upon the analysis …

This volume examines Russian discourses of regionalism as a source of identity
construction practices for the country's political and intellectual establishment. The overall …

A European scholar explores the changing dynamics of integration processes within the
Eurasian Customs/Economic Union in the new context created by the Ukraine crisis. The …

On 1 January 2015, a new international organisation was launched in the post-Soviet space,
the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). While the European Union (EU) tends to exemplify …

Theorizing the European Neighbourhood Policy Page 1 Page 2 Theorizing the European
Neighbourhood Policy Despite growing scholarly interest in the EU’s flagship policy towards …

The Eastern Partnership and Eurasian integration as region-building projectsThe EU's and
Russia's projects can be characterized as region-building, defined as the process of …

The process of regional economic integration in the post-Soviet space was initiated almost
in the same time with the dissolution of URSS. It started with the establishment of the …