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A Part of Europe or Apart from Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID7804007
AuthorsVladimir Baranovsky (0000-0002-7283-0244, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume76
Issue3
Pages443-458
Publication date2000-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-2346.00145
OpenAlexW1984268878
LanguageEN
Citations received35

The controversial framework of interaction between Russia and Europe is defined by some enduring parameters—geographic realities, historical experiences, religious beliefs, normative values, psychological characteristics, behavioural patterns, cultural orientations. The incongruity between cultural/civilizational and geopolitical identities further complicates Russia's perceptions of, and attitudes to, Europe. Russia's initial pro-Western enthusiasm in the early post-Cold War period was soon overshadowed by serious difficulties in its adaptation to a reduced position in Europe, as well as by numerous grievances with respect to the West. As a result, Russia's attempts to develop a ‘pan-European architecture’, as well as its policy with regard to multilateral structures operating in continental Europe, have been marked by deeply contradictory patterns of promoting openness towards Europe on the one hand and keeping a certain distance from it on the other. The enlargement of NATO and especially recent NATO military operations in the Balkans have been perceived in Russia not only as confrontational but also as relegating it to the sidelines of European developments. Although Russia's long-awaited transition to the post-Yeltsin era and its new European perspective have been undermined by the war in Chechnya, President Putin's unexpected pro-Westernism (its pragmatism notwithstanding) is a promising sign of rapprochement with Europe

Enthusiasm · European union · Geopolitics · International trade · Normative · Openness to experience · Peninsula · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Resizing · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Law · Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation

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Unique citing works35
Citations per year1,4
Citation span2001 - 2025 (25)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 32

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