Russia and the EU’s quest for status: the path to conflict in the post-Soviet space

Nitoiu, Cristian

doi:10.1080/23340460.2016.1163775

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“…For instance, Mälksoo (, p. 383) considers the 2003 European security strategy and the 2016 global strategy as ‘rhetorical anchors in claiming the EU's status as a global actor among the peers in the international society of states and traditional security organizations’. As in the security field, Nitoiu (, p. 143) suggests that the EU has sought to achieve great power status by enhancing its presence in the post‐Soviet space. Specifically, he suggests that the European neighbourhood policy has underlined ‘the EU's aspiration of playing a greater role in the neighbourhood and through this laying the groundwork for an effective global presence’ (Nitoiu, , p. 144).…”

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“…As in the security field, Nitoiu (, p. 143) suggests that the EU has sought to achieve great power status by enhancing its presence in the post‐Soviet space. Specifically, he suggests that the European neighbourhood policy has underlined ‘the EU's aspiration of playing a greater role in the neighbourhood and through this laying the groundwork for an effective global presence’ (Nitoiu, , p. 144).…”

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On the Social Status of the European Union

Røren

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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In this article I analyse the EU's social status in world politics. I argue that recognition grants the EU both club and positional status. Drawing on existing literature on status in international relations, I conceptualize the diplomatic corps of various polities as the embodied recognition of their positional status in world politics. To indicate and measure the positional status of the EU, I applied social network analysis to data on the exchange of embassies from 1960 to 2010. This methodology allows for consistent longitudinal comparisons of standing between heterogeneous polities in world politics. The results indicate that the EU's rise in the status hierarchy has been meteoric since 1960. However, fear of status congestion and status dilution among countries has thwarted the EU's full inclusion into the various status clubs of nation-states. I show that due to its lack of full club status the EU struggles to convert its high positional status into influence.

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On the Social Status of the European Union

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2019

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Nevertheless, for much of the 1990s, Russia was focused more on its domestic issues and did not develop a coherent strategy for influencing the post-Soviet space. Only after Putin started to take a clear line on Russia's interests and place in the world that did not accord with Western norms and ideals, has the Kremlin begun to invest in a strategy for influencing the foreign policies of post-Soviet states (Nitoiu 2016;Feklyunina 2017, pp. 34-8), including the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union.…”

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The Influence of External Actors on Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Space

Nitoiu

2018

Europe-Asia Studies

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“…Consequently, the Ukraine crisis can be seen as a result of the unsettled evolution as a hybrid empire in the region. Russia has speculated the unsettled nature of the EU's hybridity, by acting swiftly based on traditional geopolitical meanest and using its hard power in Crimea and eastern Ukraine (Nitoiu 2016).…”

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Introduction: The Rise of Geopolitics in the EU’s Approach in its Eastern Neighbourhood

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2018

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The article and the special section aim to discuss and contextualise the recent rise of traditional aspects of geopolitics in EU foreign policy with a focus on the region on its eastern borders (that the EU has identified as its Eastern Neighbourhood) and Russia. Contributions evaluate the way recent events in the international arena (such as the Ukraine crisis, the Arab Spring or the rise of ISIS) have emphasised the need for the EU to engage with traditional aspects of geopolitics and strategic thinking in foreign policy. While, an initial reading of the EU's recent development and behaviour in the Eastern Neighbourhood might point to the increasingly salience of traditional geopolitical considerations, the articles in the collection highlight that the hybrid nature of the EU also translates into its approach to geopolitics. Acknowledging that elements of traditional geopolitics are salient forces in world politics adds to the EU's hybrid approach and has made it reframe its search for authenticity CONTACT Cristian Nitoiu

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Russia and the EU’s quest for status: the path to conflict in the post-Soviet space

Cited by 12 publications

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On the Social Status of the European Union

On the Social Status of the European Union

The Influence of External Actors on Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Space

Introduction: The Rise of Geopolitics in the EU’s Approach in its Eastern Neighbourhood

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