Overview
- Provides comprehensive coverage of the EU-Russia Energy dialogue
- Uses dialogue as a framework to understand and explain the failure of EU-Russia cooperation.
- Focuses on process and time-space in a constructivist argument
- Based on 100 interviews and archival research
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“Russia insisted on unfettered sovereignty, Europe wanted integration, the Energy Dialogue broke down. This is the definitive work on an important dry run of the subsequent overall breakdown in Russian-European relations.” (Iver B. Neumann, Montague Burton Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
“Since the early 2000s Russia and the EU have struggled and failed to find either a common language or conceptual vision for cooperation and interaction. This theoretically rich and meticulously researched case study of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue explores the competing narratives which framed the politics of energy between Moscow and Brussels and their efforts to develop a legally binding energy partnership. As such it offers intriguing and original insights to scholars and specialists on Russian and EU policies as well as energy and international relations.”(Roy Allison, Professor, University of Oxford, UK)
“Energy was supposed to wed Russia and the European Union, but it became a source of conflict. EU-Russia Energy Dialogue proved to be a dialogue of the deaf. EU and Russia are looking at each other with resentment and suspicion and Lars-Christian. U. Talseth explains why. His book is not just about energy and dialogue, but also about power politics proper. EU and Russia have not only conflicting interests, but also incompatible worldviews and institutional frameworks. Creative use of Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of communication and dialogue helped Talseth to shed a new light on EU-Russia relations. This books should be read by all students and practitioners interested in economic connectivity, strategic bargaining and political (mis)communication in Europe and beyond.” (Jan Zielonka, Professor, University of Oxford, UK)
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Book Title: The Politics of Power
Book Subtitle: EU-Russia Energy Relations in the 21st Century
Authors: Lars-Christian U. Talseth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33126-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33125-6Published: 01 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81434-6Published: 17 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33126-3Published: 20 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 321
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Policy, European Politics, European Union Politics, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy Security