The Council of Europe, Russia, and the future of European cooperation

Any lessons to be learned from the past

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ID12620964
AuthorsKlaus Brummer (0000-0001-9240-646X, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume61
Issue2
Pages258-278
Publication date2024-02-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1384-5748 • E-ISSN: 1740-3898
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1057/s41311-024-00557-w
OpenAlexW4391965118
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

The Council of Europe (CoE) was among the first Western institutions to open its doors to Russia after the end of the Cold War. However, during Russia’s membership (1996–2022) hopes of socializing the country into the CoE’s standards, norms, and principles in the areas of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law never materialized. While the CoE’s norms and principles nowadays need to be secured from Russia, there might be a point in the (distant) future where Russia should be reintegrated into European structures, with the CoE then again being a likely forum to that end. Against this background, this paper analyses the CoE’s interaction with Russia from the mid-1990s until today, focusing on the accession period as well as the organization’s subsequent monitoring activities and (non-)use of sanctions during Russia’s membership. It concludes with lessons that could guide future interactions between the CoE and Russia

Accession · Cold war · Democracy · Economics · European union · Human rights · International relations · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Political and Economic Relations · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration

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