Tom Casier
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Casier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Casier |
| SIGNATURE | CASIER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brussels School of International Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5156-7862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Geopolitical enlargement, rebordering and risk: A lens for understanding the EU’s new enlargement policy
How Russia’s war in Ukraine shifted protean power in EU–Russia relations
Russia's 2024 Presidential Elections in a Context of War: A New Step in the Autocratisation of the Regime
The war against Ukraine and the transformation of the political regime in Russia
The EU and Russia: The War that Changed Everything
The significance of Russia's war against Ukraine can hardly be overestimated. This is the biggest interstate war in Europe since the Second World War. On the 24th of February 2022, the largest country in Europe, Russia, attacked the second largest, Ukraine, on three different fronts, with massive military force, with the clear purpose of territorial control and at an immense human cost. In doing so, the Kremlin broke one of the most important tab…
Why Did Russia and the EU Clash Over Ukraine in 2014, But Not Over Armenia
Drawing on the theory of script formulations, this essay explores why, in 2013-2014, the EU and Russia clashed over Ukraine but not over Armenia by analysing the evolution of discursive dynamics and the attribution of accountability between both actors. It argues that the positions of Russia and the EU were not simply a function of a priori defined strategic interests and expectations but were codetermined by and through the events and actions of…
Russia and the diffusion of political norms: The Perfect Rival
Russian norm diffusion has been studied mainly as the mirror image of the EU’s, but deserves to be studied in its own right and complexity. Three core categories of political norms are explored: sovereign choice, regime and conservative ideas. It is argued that Russia does not promote a coherent political model, by lack of one, but rather diffuses a disparate set of conservative ideas and non-democratic practices. Russia’s normative positioning i…
Stumbling from incident to incident: The systemic crisis of the post-Cold War order
The conflict between Russia and the Euro-Atlantic Community has taken the form of a systemic crisis, in which we face the risk of running from incident to incident. It is argued that the European post-Cold War order has undergone a norm-transforming, rather than norm-governed change. The normative framework and shared purpose on which it rests and which are essential to stabilise and perpetuate an international order have been eroded. The crisis …
Hegemony and World Order
Not on speaking terms, but business as usual: The ambiguous coexistence of conflict and cooperation in EU–Russia relations
Since the crisis over Ukraine erupted, relations between Russia and the EU have been characterised by the coexistence of competition and cooperation. How can we explain this ambiguity? First, a distinction is made between the multi-actor structure of low politics versus polarised discursive positions in high politics. Construal-Level Theory is invoked to explain how low politics is characterised by concrete images, while high politics is characte…
The different faces of power in European Union–Russia relations
This article applies Barnett and Duvall’s taxonomy of power to European Union (EU)–Russia relations aiming to understand power in its complexity and without a priori theoretical assumptions. Four different types of power – compulsory, institutional, structural and productive – feature simultaneously. It is argued that non-compulsory forms of power are key to understanding the logic of competition in EU–Russia relations in the decade preceding the…
Great Game or Great Confusion: The Geopolitical Understanding of EU-Russia Energy Relations
This article explains why a considerable part of the International Relations literature frames highly complex energy relations between the EU and Russia in terms of simple, exclusive geopolitical intentions. Drawing on Construal Level Theory, it addresses the gap between immediate interaction between various private and public actors with their own agendas and individual intentionalities and assumed collective geopolitical intentionalities. Becau…
From logic of competition to conflict: Understanding the dynamics of EU–Russia relations
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To understand the gradual worsening of EU–Russia relations in the decade preceding the Ukraine crisis, it is essential to understand the dynamics of their interaction. This article divides EU–Russia relations into three stages on the basis of changing intergroup dynamics: asymmetrical cooperation (1992–2003), pragmatic but increasing competition (2004–2013) and conflict (2013–present).…
The EU–Russia Strategic Partnership: Challenging the Normative Argument
Russia–EU relations have often been presented in terms of a normative gap, with the EU appearing as a normative and Russia as a non-normative actor. This article critically analyses this ‘normative argument’ which sees this gap as the cause of tensions. Pleading for a less dichotomous approach to norms and interests, it challenges the normative argument on the basis of the assumed congruence between the norm-driven input and norm-promoting output…
The Bilateral Relations of the Benelux Countries with Russia: Between Rhetorical EU Engagement and Competitive Business Interests
This article explores the willingness of the Benelux countries to co-ordinate Russia-related policies at the EU level, contrasting their traditional pro-integrationist disposition and national economic interests. At the rhetorical level all three states display a willingness to co-ordinate policies within the EU. In practice, however, this is dependent on the individual country's economic interests, with energy being of particular importance in D…
To Adopt or Not to Adopt: Explaining Selective Rule Transfer under the European Neighbourhood Policy
The dominant explanation for limited rule transfer under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is its weak incentive structure, in particular the absence of a membership perspective. However, a certain rule transfer has occurred, albeit in a strikingly selective and uneven way. This article formulates an alternative model for explaining the variance in rule transfer under the ENP. Refuting conditionality and asymmetrical interdependence as havi…
European Foreign Policies: Does Europe Still Matter? - Edited by R. Tiersky and J. Van Oudenaren
The Rise of Energy to the Top of the EU-Russia Agenda: From Interdependence to Dependence
Over the last decade we have witnessed an increasing politicisation of the energy discourse. Today energy relations of the EU are framed in terms of excessive dependence on Russia, qualifying the latter as a security threat. This article puts forward four criteria to define energy relations in security terms: supply vulnerability of the EU, the absence of Russian demand dependence, the dominance of energy over other capabilities, the willingness …
The EU's two-track approach to democracy promotion: The case of Ukraine
This article argues that the EU promotes two forms of democracy in its policy towards Ukraine: formal democracy (institutions and procedures at polity level guaranteeing a free and fair electoral process) and substantive democracy (principles and mechanisms that allow for an ongoing societal control over policy processes). While the first form of democracy is mainly promoted through intergovernmental channels, the latter is promoted both at a tra…
Putin's Policy Towards the West: Reflections on The Nature of Russian Foreign Policy
The Shattered Horizon How Ideology Mattered to Soviet Politics
The EU–Russia Strategic Partnership: Challenging the Normative Argument
Russia–EU relations have often been presented in terms of a normative gap, with the EU appearing as a normative and Russia as a non-normative actor. This article critically analyses this ‘normative argument’ which sees this gap as the cause of tensions. Pleading for a less dichotomous approach to norms and interests, it challenges the normative argument on the basis of the assumed congruence between the norm-driven input and norm-promoting output…
The different faces of power in European Union–Russia relations
This article applies Barnett and Duvall’s taxonomy of power to European Union (EU)–Russia relations aiming to understand power in its complexity and without a priori theoretical assumptions. Four different types of power – compulsory, institutional, structural and productive – feature simultaneously. It is argued that non-compulsory forms of power are key to understanding the logic of competition in EU–Russia relations in the decade preceding the…
From logic of competition to conflict: Understanding the dynamics of EU–Russia relations
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To understand the gradual worsening of EU–Russia relations in the decade preceding the Ukraine crisis, it is essential to understand the dynamics of their interaction. This article divides EU–Russia relations into three stages on the basis of changing intergroup dynamics: asymmetrical cooperation (1992–2003), pragmatic but increasing competition (2004–2013) and conflict (2013–present).…
Russia and the diffusion of political norms: The Perfect Rival
Russian norm diffusion has been studied mainly as the mirror image of the EU’s, but deserves to be studied in its own right and complexity. Three core categories of political norms are explored: sovereign choice, regime and conservative ideas. It is argued that Russia does not promote a coherent political model, by lack of one, but rather diffuses a disparate set of conservative ideas and non-democratic practices. Russia’s normative positioning i…
The EU's two-track approach to democracy promotion: The case of Ukraine
This article argues that the EU promotes two forms of democracy in its policy towards Ukraine: formal democracy (institutions and procedures at polity level guaranteeing a free and fair electoral process) and substantive democracy (principles and mechanisms that allow for an ongoing societal control over policy processes). While the first form of democracy is mainly promoted through intergovernmental channels, the latter is promoted both at a tra…
To Adopt or Not to Adopt: Explaining Selective Rule Transfer under the European Neighbourhood Policy
The dominant explanation for limited rule transfer under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is its weak incentive structure, in particular the absence of a membership perspective. However, a certain rule transfer has occurred, albeit in a strikingly selective and uneven way. This article formulates an alternative model for explaining the variance in rule transfer under the ENP. Refuting conditionality and asymmetrical interdependence as havi…
Not on speaking terms, but business as usual: The ambiguous coexistence of conflict and cooperation in EU–Russia relations
Since the crisis over Ukraine erupted, relations between Russia and the EU have been characterised by the coexistence of competition and cooperation. How can we explain this ambiguity? First, a distinction is made between the multi-actor structure of low politics versus polarised discursive positions in high politics. Construal-Level Theory is invoked to explain how low politics is characterised by concrete images, while high politics is characte…
The Rise of Energy to the Top of the EU-Russia Agenda: From Interdependence to Dependence
Over the last decade we have witnessed an increasing politicisation of the energy discourse. Today energy relations of the EU are framed in terms of excessive dependence on Russia, qualifying the latter as a security threat. This article puts forward four criteria to define energy relations in security terms: supply vulnerability of the EU, the absence of Russian demand dependence, the dominance of energy over other capabilities, the willingness …
The EU and Russia: The War that Changed Everything
The significance of Russia's war against Ukraine can hardly be overestimated. This is the biggest interstate war in Europe since the Second World War. On the 24th of February 2022, the largest country in Europe, Russia, attacked the second largest, Ukraine, on three different fronts, with massive military force, with the clear purpose of territorial control and at an immense human cost. In doing so, the Kremlin broke one of the most important tab…
Putin's Policy Towards the West: Reflections on The Nature of Russian Foreign Policy
Great Game or Great Confusion: The Geopolitical Understanding of EU-Russia Energy Relations
This article explains why a considerable part of the International Relations literature frames highly complex energy relations between the EU and Russia in terms of simple, exclusive geopolitical intentions. Drawing on Construal Level Theory, it addresses the gap between immediate interaction between various private and public actors with their own agendas and individual intentionalities and assumed collective geopolitical intentionalities. Becau…
The Shattered Horizon How Ideology Mattered to Soviet Politics
The war against Ukraine and the transformation of the political regime in Russia
Why Did Russia and the EU Clash Over Ukraine in 2014, But Not Over Armenia
Drawing on the theory of script formulations, this essay explores why, in 2013-2014, the EU and Russia clashed over Ukraine but not over Armenia by analysing the evolution of discursive dynamics and the attribution of accountability between both actors. It argues that the positions of Russia and the EU were not simply a function of a priori defined strategic interests and expectations but were codetermined by and through the events and actions of…
Russia's 2024 Presidential Elections in a Context of War: A New Step in the Autocratisation of the Regime
The Shattered Horizon How Ideology Mattered to Soviet Politics
Putin's Policy Towards the West: Reflections on The Nature of Russian Foreign Policy
The Bilateral Relations of the Benelux Countries with Russia: Between Rhetorical EU Engagement and Competitive Business Interests
This article explores the willingness of the Benelux countries to co-ordinate Russia-related policies at the EU level, contrasting their traditional pro-integrationist disposition and national economic interests. At the rhetorical level all three states display a willingness to co-ordinate policies within the EU. In practice, however, this is dependent on the individual country's economic interests, with energy being of particular importance in D…
To Adopt or Not to Adopt: Explaining Selective Rule Transfer under the European Neighbourhood Policy
The dominant explanation for limited rule transfer under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is its weak incentive structure, in particular the absence of a membership perspective. However, a certain rule transfer has occurred, albeit in a strikingly selective and uneven way. This article formulates an alternative model for explaining the variance in rule transfer under the ENP. Refuting conditionality and asymmetrical interdependence as havi…
European Foreign Policies: Does Europe Still Matter? - Edited by R. Tiersky and J. Van Oudenaren
The Rise of Energy to the Top of the EU-Russia Agenda: From Interdependence to Dependence
Over the last decade we have witnessed an increasing politicisation of the energy discourse. Today energy relations of the EU are framed in terms of excessive dependence on Russia, qualifying the latter as a security threat. This article puts forward four criteria to define energy relations in security terms: supply vulnerability of the EU, the absence of Russian demand dependence, the dominance of energy over other capabilities, the willingness …
The EU's two-track approach to democracy promotion: The case of Ukraine
This article argues that the EU promotes two forms of democracy in its policy towards Ukraine: formal democracy (institutions and procedures at polity level guaranteeing a free and fair electoral process) and substantive democracy (principles and mechanisms that allow for an ongoing societal control over policy processes). While the first form of democracy is mainly promoted through intergovernmental channels, the latter is promoted both at a tra…
The EU–Russia Strategic Partnership: Challenging the Normative Argument
Russia–EU relations have often been presented in terms of a normative gap, with the EU appearing as a normative and Russia as a non-normative actor. This article critically analyses this ‘normative argument’ which sees this gap as the cause of tensions. Pleading for a less dichotomous approach to norms and interests, it challenges the normative argument on the basis of the assumed congruence between the norm-driven input and norm-promoting output…
Great Game or Great Confusion: The Geopolitical Understanding of EU-Russia Energy Relations
This article explains why a considerable part of the International Relations literature frames highly complex energy relations between the EU and Russia in terms of simple, exclusive geopolitical intentions. Drawing on Construal Level Theory, it addresses the gap between immediate interaction between various private and public actors with their own agendas and individual intentionalities and assumed collective geopolitical intentionalities. Becau…
From logic of competition to conflict: Understanding the dynamics of EU–Russia relations
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To understand the gradual worsening of EU–Russia relations in the decade preceding the Ukraine crisis, it is essential to understand the dynamics of their interaction. This article divides EU–Russia relations into three stages on the basis of changing intergroup dynamics: asymmetrical cooperation (1992–2003), pragmatic but increasing competition (2004–2013) and conflict (2013–present).…
The different faces of power in European Union–Russia relations
This article applies Barnett and Duvall’s taxonomy of power to European Union (EU)–Russia relations aiming to understand power in its complexity and without a priori theoretical assumptions. Four different types of power – compulsory, institutional, structural and productive – feature simultaneously. It is argued that non-compulsory forms of power are key to understanding the logic of competition in EU–Russia relations in the decade preceding the…
Hegemony and World Order
Not on speaking terms, but business as usual: The ambiguous coexistence of conflict and cooperation in EU–Russia relations
Since the crisis over Ukraine erupted, relations between Russia and the EU have been characterised by the coexistence of competition and cooperation. How can we explain this ambiguity? First, a distinction is made between the multi-actor structure of low politics versus polarised discursive positions in high politics. Construal-Level Theory is invoked to explain how low politics is characterised by concrete images, while high politics is characte…
Stumbling from incident to incident: The systemic crisis of the post-Cold War order
The conflict between Russia and the Euro-Atlantic Community has taken the form of a systemic crisis, in which we face the risk of running from incident to incident. It is argued that the European post-Cold War order has undergone a norm-transforming, rather than norm-governed change. The normative framework and shared purpose on which it rests and which are essential to stabilise and perpetuate an international order have been eroded. The crisis …
Why Did Russia and the EU Clash Over Ukraine in 2014, But Not Over Armenia
Drawing on the theory of script formulations, this essay explores why, in 2013-2014, the EU and Russia clashed over Ukraine but not over Armenia by analysing the evolution of discursive dynamics and the attribution of accountability between both actors. It argues that the positions of Russia and the EU were not simply a function of a priori defined strategic interests and expectations but were codetermined by and through the events and actions of…
Russia and the diffusion of political norms: The Perfect Rival
Russian norm diffusion has been studied mainly as the mirror image of the EU’s, but deserves to be studied in its own right and complexity. Three core categories of political norms are explored: sovereign choice, regime and conservative ideas. It is argued that Russia does not promote a coherent political model, by lack of one, but rather diffuses a disparate set of conservative ideas and non-democratic practices. Russia’s normative positioning i…
The EU and Russia: The War that Changed Everything
The significance of Russia's war against Ukraine can hardly be overestimated. This is the biggest interstate war in Europe since the Second World War. On the 24th of February 2022, the largest country in Europe, Russia, attacked the second largest, Ukraine, on three different fronts, with massive military force, with the clear purpose of territorial control and at an immense human cost. In doing so, the Kremlin broke one of the most important tab…
How Russia’s war in Ukraine shifted protean power in EU–Russia relations
Russia's 2024 Presidential Elections in a Context of War: A New Step in the Autocratisation of the Regime
The war against Ukraine and the transformation of the political regime in Russia
Geopolitical enlargement, rebordering and risk: A lens for understanding the EU’s new enlargement policy
Political science (19 works) · Economics (15 works) · Law (15 works) · Politics (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Political economy (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (10 works) · International relations (9 works) · Economic system (8 works)