Russia and Europe

Bertil Nygren and Kjell Engelbrekt are Associate Professors of Political Science at the Swedish National Defence College and at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden.

• Preface 1. A Reassertive Russia and an Expanding European Union Kjell Engelbrekt and Bertil Nygren Part 1: Norms, Values, and Institutions 2. Russia and Europe after the Cold War: Cultural Convergence or Civilizational Clash Russell Bova 3. Perceptions of Democracy and Democratic Institution-Building – Electoral Democracy the Russian Way Bertil Nygren 4. The Theory and Practice of Reciprocity in EU-Russian Relations Tatiana Romanova 5. Beyond the Paradigm of Integration in EU-Russian Relations: Sovereignty and the Politics of Resentmen Sergei Prozorov Part 2: Moscow, Brussels and the Big Three 6. The Return of History: Hard Security Issues in the Russia-Europe Relationship Yuri Fedorov 7. Russia-EU Relations: The Economic Dimension Boris Frumkin 8. German-Russian Relations, 1992-2009 Angela Stent 9. Russia and the European Great Powers: France Isabelle Facon Part 3. ’In-Between-Europe’ 10. European Energy Policy Meets Russian Bilateralism: The Case of South Eastern Europe Kjell Engelbrekt and Ilian Vassilev 11. Ukraine’s Emerging Democracy and the Russia Factor Petro Burkovsky and Olexiy Haran 12. Riding Three Horses: Moldova’s Enduring Identity as a Strategy for Survival Patricia Fogarty 13. Conclusions and Outlook Kjell Engelbrekt and Bertil Nygren