Russia-EU relations and the common neighborhood : coercion vs. authority / Irina Busygina.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: and yet another book -- Forms of power in international relations -- State-building in Russia and the choice for coercion in external relations -- Multi-level arrangements in EU external relations: stimulating authority, constraining coercion -- Russia and the EU : from failed authority to mutual coercion -- Russia and the EU: no winners in the common neighborhood -- Belarus: strangulation in a fraternal embrace -- Georgia: the story of one coercion and two authorities -- Ukraine: the battlefield -- Turkey: not-so-terrible coercion, not-so-needed authority -- Conclusion: Russia's coercive attractiveness and the EU's global mission in maintaining authority relations.

"Examining Russia-EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the main source of tensions lies in deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo; the nature of the Russian state explains its routine use of coercion, while as a weak federal union, the EU is 'doomed' to use tools based on authority" - Provided by publisher.