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International Agendas Confront Domestic Interests: EU Enlargement, Russian Foreign Policy, and Eastern Europe

Rankin, Colleen A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337888570

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2012, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Studies.
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, contending actors continue to compete for the ability to dictate the approach to and structure of regional development in Eastern Europe. As the European Union persists in its expansion into Southeastern Europe, the Russian Federation pursues policies that attempt to bolster and encourage pro-Russian attitudes and practices across the region. Simultaneously, domestic actors battle for the chance to determine economic, political, and social policy. Some campaign for EU membership and the establishment of pluralist democratic institutions modeled after Brussels’ design for development. Others uphold national self-determination, calling for state-specific and culturally appropriate designs for economic, political, and social development, and stronger ties to the Kremlin. A third group calls for stronger ties with both the European Union and Russia that are managed by a strong Serbian or Ukrainian state. Through an exploration of the European Union’s East European regional policy and Russian foreign policy vis-á-vie the Republic of Serbia and Ukraine, this thesis will examine the interaction of international and domestic interests. The analysis of this interaction of the international and the domestic will focus on the policy goals and concerns of contending external actors, domestic interests, public opinion, and the place of Serbia and Ukraine in the global community. This thesis presents case studies based on the work of respected scholars, policy agendas published by Brussels and the Kremlin, and domestic public opinion presented through political party platforms, public opinion polls, civil society organizations, and media outlets, It attempts to provide a new perspective for understanding the European Union’s enlargement strategy, Russian foreign policy goals, and domestic concerns and their influence on the structuring of and carrying out of political, social, and economic development in Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia.
Goldie A. Shabad, PhD (Advisor)
Trevor L. Brown, PhD (Committee Member)
Jennifer Suchland, PhD (Committee Member)
103 p.
European Studies; International Relations; Political Science
European Union; EU; Russian Federation; Russia; Eastern Europe; Republic of Serbia; Serbia; Ukraine; development; East European development; East European regional policy

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  • Rankin, C. A. (2012). International Agendas Confront Domestic Interests: EU Enlargement, Russian Foreign Policy, and Eastern Europe [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337888570

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rankin, Colleen. International Agendas Confront Domestic Interests: EU Enlargement, Russian Foreign Policy, and Eastern Europe. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337888570.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rankin, Colleen. "International Agendas Confront Domestic Interests: EU Enlargement, Russian Foreign Policy, and Eastern Europe." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337888570

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