Learning outcomes

To learn about cooperation and conflict issues in EU-Russia relations and to develop an understanding of overall frameworks for the study of EU-Russian relations.

Contents

The current disillusionment in Russia’s ‘Europeanization’ and the retreat of ambitious visions of EU-Russian cooperation require a reassessment of the overall framework of analyzing EU-Russia relations. This course traces the emergence and unfolding of EU-Russian conflicts in the current decade from the perspective of identity politics and the interplay of sovereignty and integration in foreign policy. The lectures will also address the changing status of the ‘idea of Europe’ in Russian politics.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year spring

Spring 2010

Study materials

- Prozorov, Sergei (2006): Understanding conflict between Russia and the EU: the limits of integration. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 

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