Interdependence and EU-demanded policy change in a shared neighbourhood

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6289746
AutoresEsther Ademmer (autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen22
Número5
Páginas671-689
Fecha de publicación2015-05-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501763.2014.968189
OpenAlexW2080353145
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas26

The Ukraine crisis seems to support the claim that strong socio-economic ties with Russia eventually reduce the effectiveness of the European Union's (EU) Neighbourhood Policy in the post-Soviet space. However, research on EU-demanded policy change in the region finds that EU policies at times still travel to Russia-dependent countries and policy sectors. Taking this puzzle as a starting point, the article draws on the original work on interdependence in the discipline of International Relations and identifies specific conditions under which Russia exerts either supportive or constraining effects on EU policy transfer. Presenting evidence from a comparative case study on energy policy change in Georgia and Armenia, the article argues that the distinction of different forms of interdependence and their interplay with Russia's quid pro quo bargaining, as well as with political preferences of domestic incumbents, are crucial to make sense of Russia's seemingly Janus-faced role in the neighbourhood.KEY WORDS: Eastern PartnershipenergyEuropean Neighbourhood Policyexternal relationsRussia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAn earlier version of this article was presented at the conference 'The European Union in International Affairs (EUIA) IV' of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Université Libre de Bruxelles, the United Nations University, and the Egmont Institute in Brussels, 22–24 May 2014. An advanced version was also presented at the UACES 44th Annual Conference in Cork, 1–3 September 2014. Helpful comments on earlier versions of this article by Tanja Börzel, Imke Pente, Rainer Schweickert, Jakob Tolstrup and two anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged. All remaining errors are the author's own. This article is based on the author's dissertation (Ademmer 2013 Ademmer, E. (2013) 'A third rejoices: Russia, the EU, and policy transfer to the post-Soviet space', doctoral dissertation, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin. [Google Scholar]). The dissertation research was supported by a research stipend of the German Research Foundation (DFG) granted in the framework of a doctoral fellowship at the Research College 'The Transformative Power of Europe' at Freie Universität Berlin, and by the Fox International Fellowship at Yale. Additional support for manuscript preparation by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement number 290647 is acknowledged.Additional informationNotes on contributorsBiographical noteEsther Ademmer is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for the World Economy in Kiel, Germany

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