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During the Cold War, the urgency for EU member states to stand together was high. Contemporary Russia is a fairly stable country with limited means. Especially larger member states can see the EU-Russian relationship as a commodity to be traded & sold in other political & diplomatic negotiations Furthermore, Russia's future is uncertain & chances are poor that external policy will have an impact on it, as they might have been in the beginning of the 1990's. The damaging effect of individual dealings with Russia is on both EU (consistency of EU's common foreign & security policy) & its individual (smaller member) state level, smaller member states being less influential on actual EU Russia policy, & it invites Russia to engage & pressure them into bilateral dealings with it. Thus undermining the solidarity & political support searched after by smaller states while joining the EU. O. van Zijl

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: European Union-Russia Relations as the Partnership That Failed -- 2 The Political and Institutional Development of EU-Russia Relations -- The background: relations between the EC and the Soviet Union -- The time of troubles -- The Putin promise -- The mutual disappointment -- The final push for partnership -- The rupture: the conflict in Ukraine as the culmination of a long-term crisis in relations -- Conclusions -- 3 Actors in EU-Russia Relations -- The European Union -- Member states and their bilateral relations with Russia -- Russia -- Other actors, factors and arenas -- Conclusions -- 4 Economy, Energy and Environment -- The development and structure of trade -- The institutionalization of economic relations -- Russia's WTO accession and the partnership for modernization -- Energy as the foundation and a bone of contention -- Trade as a political weapon: the impact of embargoes, other restrictive measures and sanctions -- Environment and climate change -- Conclusions -- 5 Justice and Home Affairs -- Human rights and democracy -- Chechnya -- Police, border and judicial cooperation -- The visa issue -- Conclusions -- 6 Security and Defence -- Institutional beginnings -- The Yugoslav wars -- The Transnistrian question -- Georgia -- The Middle East, Iran and Africa -- Medvedev treaty proposal -- The Ukraine conflict as a security issue -- Conclusions -- 7 Science, Education and Culture -- Institutional frames -- Research -- Education -- Culture -- Politics of history and collective memory -- Conclusions -- 8 The 'Common Neighbourhood' and Regional Cooperation -- The EU approach towards its Eastern neighbourhood -- Russian policies for its 'near abroad' -- The role of the neighbours -- The Northern Dimension.