Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
Value Clash Redux: The Revival of Normative Politics in EU-Russian Relations
October 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
| Location: | Room 431 Tory Building |
| Cost: | Free |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Key Contact: | Cathleen Schmidt |
| Contact Email: | cathleen.schmidt@carleton.ca |
| Contact Phone: | 613-520-2600, ext. 1087 |
CES and EURUS will host a special public event:
Value Clash Redux: The Revival of Normative Politics in EU-Russian Relations
A seminar by Professor Joan DeBardeleben based on her research on EU-Russian relations.
No registration is required and all are welcome to attend the research seminar.
Abstract:
The conflict between Russia and the European Union over Ukraine has been accompanied by rhetorical sparring about basic political values such as national sovereignty, international law, protection of minorities, and democratic legitimacy. To what degree are tensions between the EU and Russia rooted in a clash of basic political values, or do they have more to do with differing economic and geopolitical interests?
In recent years the EU has toned down its efforts to export political values to Russia, with an emphasis on cooperation in specific policy areas; at the same time Russia also took a more pragmatic approach to its relations with the West. The speaker explores why, nonetheless, ‘value clash’ now seems to have reemerged between the EU and Russia, its impact on the EU’s approach to the region, and how this all relates to the current conflict over Ukraine.
Speaker’s biography:
Joan DeBardeleben is Chancellor’s Professor of the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) and the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, where she also holds the Jean Monnet Chair in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Relations. She is Director of the Centre for European Studies (Carleton’s European Union Centre of Excellence) and of the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue, a major Canada-Europe research network funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Her recent research work deals with EU-Russian relations and the EU’s policy toward its eastern neighbours, as well as with election and political participation in Russia and in the European Union.