Common Foreign and Security Policy Alignment in the Southern Caucasus
Convergence, ‘Pick and Choose’ or Indifference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12300029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastian Mayer (0000-0002-1360-9881, University of Bremen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1679-1702 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Europe Asia Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09668136.2014.967556 |
| OpenAlex | W2015154072 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article examines the issue of Common Foreign and Security Policy alignment—a procedure by which governments from the European Union's neighbourhood may support previously adopted Common Foreign and Security Policy documents. It provides a comparative theory test of Common Foreign and Security Policy alignment in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In doing so it seeks to elucidate why they engage in alignment as well as how cross-country and cross-issue variance can be theorised. After reviewing the explanatory potential of power-based and sociological institutionalist theory, domestic variables are assessed. The essay shows that, contrary to frequently expressed assumptions, convergence is even possible in less institutionalised high politics fields. But it emphasises that it is largely conditioned by domestic institutional configurations, the preferences of individual or collective actors and overall state gains
Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · European union · Explanatory power · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security policy · Variance (accounting · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |