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April 2, 2016European Security

Liberalism and geopolitics in EU–Russia relations: rereading the “Baltic factor”

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Overview

Policy analysis uncovers divergent ideational frameworks governing Russia strategies across European Union member states, highlighting the need for a strategic diplomatic rethink.

Key Points

  • Examine the ideational foundations causing the divide between Baltic perceptions of Russia and mainstream European Union policy frameworks.
  • Constructivist foreign policy analysis evaluating the ideational frameworks shaping European Union and Baltic state strategies toward Russia.
  • Conceptual assessment of liberal interdependence, democratic peace, and realist geopolitics across EU foreign policy discourses.
  • Finds that Baltic warnings regarding Russian expansionism were historically marginalized due to prevailing EU assumptions of liberal interdependence and democratic peace.
  • Demonstrates that geopolitical crises in Ukraine highlighted fundamental contradictions in EU foreign policy, necessitating a strategic reassessment of European security paradigms.

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Kristi Raik (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09a64b00274e073d45b285https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2016.1179628
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