European Union and Russia

Tuomas Forsberg is Professor of International Politics at the University of Tampere and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence on Choices of Russian Modernisation at the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki. Hiski Haukkala is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of Management at the University of Tampere, a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw, and a Special Adviser at the Unit for Policy Planning and Research at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

• 1. Introduction: The EU and Russia and the Partnership that Failed2. The Political and Institutional Development of EU-Russia Relations3. Actors in EU-Russia Relations4. Economy, Energy and Environment5. Justice and Home Affairs6. Security and Defence7. Science, Education and Culture8. The 'Common Neighbourhood' and Regional Cooperation9. Explaining EU-Russia Relations10. Conclusions: The Past and the Future of EU-Russia Relations.

'Russia wants to be accepted on an equal footing, Europe sees it as a waning superpower... Haukkala and Forsberg take us on a highly informative tour d'horizon of the practical consequences of the non-meeting.' - Iver Neumann, London School of Economics, UK. 'Forsberg and Haukkala provide a rich, analytical explanation of efforts at EU-Russian cooperation in different issue areas. They show how these sincere efforts could still result in the Ukraine crisis, portraying it as the unintended consequence of interaction between the two sides driven by misperception and misunderstanding.' - Deborah Welch Larson, UCLA, USA 'The most comprehensive and balanced account yet of the Russia-EU relationship. It tells a tale of self-delusion, hubris and missed opportunities. This book is not only a superb piece of scholarship, but also an indispensable tool for policy-makers.' - Bobo Lo, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK.