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The relationship between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine began in 1998 with the signature of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. Afterwards, in 2003 Ukraine joined the European Neighbourhood Policy and in 2004 EU was already the major trade partner with Ukraine, bigger than Russia. Anticipating the approach of former soviet republics towards Euro Atlantic structures and the foreseen loss of influence in its near abroad, Putin's Russia launched in 2011 the Eurasian Economic Union, an economic bloc formed by some of the Russia's former satellite States - Belarus and Kazakhstan – and through a carrot and stick policy tried to attract also Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, in order to thwart the Chinese economic development and to impose itself in the regional and global markets. In November 2013, during the 3rd EU's Eastern Partnership Summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Ukraine's President, Viktor Yanukovych surprised the world refusing to sign the Commercial Agreement with EU, turning back to a EU possible integration. On the other hand, Russia offered to reduce the natural gas rates plus a fifteen billion dollars loan, throwing Ukraine in a quasi civil war, and leaving EU and Russia on opposite sides. Considering this situation what to expect from Ukraine? To continue being a Russian satellite or head towards the Euro Atlantic geopolitical space? This paper intents to analyse the actual situation in Ukraine following Barry Buzan's approach of multidimensional security, focusing on the different postures assumed by each one of the actors - EU and Russia - which have been between complementarity and division. The scope of the analysis is to contribute to the academic debate about security dynamics between EU, Russia and Ukraine during the post-USSR period, arguing that in the geopolitical dispute for the post-soviet space where Ukraine is integrated, the Russian Realpolitik prevails the EU soft power.

«Apuntes sobre la política de pívot de Estados Unidos en Asia Pacífico y la normalización de Japón», Pedro Monzón Barata se propone esclarecer las relaciones existentes entre el rebalance estadounidense y los procesos internos de cambio en Japón, dirigidos a la recuperación de atributos de política exterior y militar, en correspondencia con sus dimensiones económicas y políticas, sus compromisos internacionales y las posibles amenazas que de ello se deriven. Los cambios introducidos por Japón son evaluados por el investigador del Centro de Investigaciones de Política Internacional (CIPI) como una importante contribución a la evaluación de la alianza nipo-norteamericana en interés del equilibrio, cada vez mayor, de los compromisos recíprocos entre ambos países. En este sentido, las políticas y las acciones van dirigidas a contrarrestar la creciente influencia económica y política de China en la región Asia Pacífico y en el mundo.

Front -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The EU's Internal and External Climate Policies: an Historical Overview -- The EU Emissions Trading System Revised (Directive 2009/29/EC) -- From Sharing the Burden to Sharing the Effort: Decision 406/2009/EC on Member State Emission Targets for non-ETS Sectors -- The EU's New Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) -- The Legal Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage in the EU (Directive 2009/31/EC) -- Mitigating CO2 Emissions from Cars in the EU(Regulation (EC) No 443/2009) -- The German Paradox: Climate Leader and Green Car Laggard -- Assessing EU Assistance for Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries: a Southern Perspective -- The Sustainability of the EU's Model for Climate Diplomacy -- Russia and the International Climate Change Regime -- Public Perceptions of Climate Change and Energy Issues in the EU and the United States -- List of Contributors.