The CIS, the EU and Russia Challenges of

The CIS, the EU, and Russia focuses on the difficulties facing Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus with regard to their integration into both the CIS and the encroaching EU. It analyzes the links between the integration mechanisms of the CIS and EU and the various state policies towards, and the elite interests in, the territory of the former Soviet Union.

KATLIJN MALFLIET is Research Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the Institute for International and European Policy (at K.U. Leuven), Belgium. Katlijn studied Law and Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven). She received an M.A. in East European Studies from the Universities of Ghent, Brussels and Leuven, and a PhD in Legal Science from K.U.Leuven.

LIEN VERPOEST is a research fellow at the Institute for International and European Policy (K.U. Lueven), Belgium. Lien studied Slavonic Languages and Eastern European Culture (K.U. Leuven and Saint Petersburg State University) and International Relations and Conflict Management (Lund University, Sweden and K.U. Leuven). She also obtained an MA in Eastern European Studies from the universities of Ghent, Brussels and Leuven.

EVGENY VINOKUROV is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. He received his LLM from the University of Göttingen and PhD from Kaliningrad State University.

List of Figures, Tables and Annex	p. ix
Notes on the Contributors	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiv
Preface by the General Editor	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
The concept	p. 1
The structure	p. 5
In Pursuit of Integration in the Post-Soviet Area
The Post-Soviet Space: From the USSR to the Commonwealth of Independent States and Beyond	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
Expectations for the CIS	p. 14
Pragmatism in Russia's CIS policy	p. 17
Causes of the current crisis	p. 18
Conclusion	p. 20
Russian Approaches to Integration in the Post-Soviet Space in the 2000s	p. 22
Introduction	p. 22
Integration in the post-Soviet space: other vectors of integration in Russian foreign policy	p. 23
Russia's integration in the post-Soviet space in the 1990s	p. 26
Economic considerations during the first Putin presidency	p. 29
Old paradigms in the beginning of the second Putin presidency	p. 34
Pushing CIS states towards integration	p. 37
The concept of multi-level and multi-speed integration and the impact of the EU experience	p. 40
Official policy on the problem of compatibility of integration processes within the CIS and with the EU	p. 42
Conclusion	p. 43
Russia's Pursuit of its Eurasian Security Interests: Weighing the CIS and Alternative Bilateral-Multilateral Arrangements	p. 47
The universe of CIS security treaties: a glass half-full or half-empty?	p. 50
Bilateralism thrives	p. 60
Putin, the CIS and expansive bilateralism	p. 65
The EU and the Post-Soviet Space
The Clash of Integration Processes? The Shadow Effect of the Enlarged EU on its Eastern Neighbours	p. 73
Introduction	p. 73
The impact of enlargement on the new neighbours	p. 74
Mitigating the effects of enlargement: the European Neighbourhood Policy	p. 77
Russia-EU relations	p. 81
Analyzing the wider Europe after enlargement	p. 86
Conclusion	p. 90
Russia, the CIS and the EU: Secondary Integration by Association?	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Different species of regional associations	p. 95
The EU's Ostpolitik: a research agenda	p. 100
Empirical analysis and first findings	p. 103
Associating with Russia: policies in comparison	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 116
EU-Russia Relations in EU Neighbourhood Policies	p. 121
Introduction: patterns in the development of EU-Russia relations	p. 121
The EU and its neighbours: the priority of the CFSP	p. 123
The EU and the CIS: the 'Russia first' strategy	p. 126
The decoupling of Russia: the ENP and the four 'common spaces'	p. 127
The end of the 'Russia first' strategy?: action plans and road maps	p. 128
Beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy?	p. 132
Conclusion: two strategies, one partnership	p. 136
Patterns of Integration
Parallels and Divergences of Integration in Ukraine and Belarus	p. 145
Ukraine and Belarus between the EU and CIS: divergent integration objectives	p. 146
The state of the Russia-Belarus Union: parallels of integration?	p. 155
Conclusion: parallels and divergences of integration	p. 165
Patterns of Integration and Regime Compatibility: Ukraine Between the CIS and the EU	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Ukraine in the context of several international regimes	p. 172
Comparing general regime institutions	p. 174
Trade regimes	p. 183
Legal harmonization	p. 188
From 'hard' and 'soft' rules toward perceptions of incompatibility	p. 189
From current compatibility to future incompatibility?	p. 190
Conclusion	p. 195
Integration by Absorption: New Subjects for the Russian Federation	p. 202
Introduction	p. 202
Multi-tier governance structures on the territory of the former Soviet Union	p. 202
The Law of 17 December 2001	p. 207
The situation on the territory of the former Soviet Union	p. 212
Integration within a CIS-framework?	p. 214
Conclusion	p. 217
The EU-Russia Common Economic Space and the Policy-Taker Problem	p. 221
Introduction	p. 221
Phases of the development of the CES	p. 223
Top-down approach, the role of bureaucracies and the Russian business community	p. 226
A model for the CES and the policy-taker problem	p. 228
Conclusion	p. 233
Conclusion: Challenges of Integration-the EU, the CIS and Russia	p. 235
Index	p. 245
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