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Russian Media Depictions of Cross-Border Cooperation with the EU 2014-2022,\u201d <em>Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies<\/em>, 17 (1):80-102. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22215\/cjers.v17i1.4440.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, &#8220;Geopolitics of the EU,&#8221; in&nbsp;<em>European Union Governance and Policy Making: A Canadian Perspective,&nbsp;<\/em>Amy Verdun, Achim Hurrelmann, and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, eds. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2nd edition, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> and Toms Rostoks, eds.,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/caneunet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facing-the-Russia-Challenge-Workshop-Summary-Report-February-2023.pdf\">Facing the Russia Challenge: European and Canadian Perspectives<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>workshop report, Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations, contributor and main editor, February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, &#8220;Crisis response, path dependence, and the joint decision trap: the EU&#8217;s eastern and Russia policies after the Ukraine crisis,&#8221;&nbsp;<em>East European Politics,<\/em> 36:4 (2020), 564-585, DOI: 10.1080\/21599165.2020.1832474. Also published in&nbsp;<em>Conflict and Cooperation between Europe and Russia,&nbsp;<\/em>Magdalena Dembinska and Frederic Merand, eds. (Routledge, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, &#8220;Ideas and Normative Competition in EU-Russian Relations,&#8221; in&nbsp;<em>Routledge Handbook on EU-Russian Relations: Structures, Actors, Issues,&nbsp;<\/em>edited by Maxine David and Tatiana Romanova (London: Routledge, 2021), pp.58-68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgai.ca\/the_european_union_s_eastern_partnership_bold_ambitions_in_a_troubled_region\">The European Union&#8217;s Eastern Partnership: Bold Ambitions in a Troubled Region<\/a>,&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Policy Perspectives <\/em>(Canadian Global Affairs Institute: Ottawa), July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arthur Benz,&nbsp;<strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, Stephan Schott, and Miranda Schreurs, co-editors, &#8220;Carbon Politics in Canada and Europe: Coping with Jurisdictional and Interest Diversity,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.library.carleton.ca\/index.php\/CJERS\/issue\/view\/210\">Special issue<\/a>, <em>Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies<\/em> 14 (2), published April 27, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> &amp; Dmitry Nechiporuk, &#8220;Diverging views of EU-Russian borders: points of congruence and difference in EU and Russian analyses,&#8221; <em>Journal of Contemporary European Studies<\/em>, 27:2 (2019), 196-207, DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14782804.2018.1534727\">10.1080\/14782804.2018.1534727<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Achim Hurrelmann and<strong> Joan DeBardeleben, <\/strong>\u201c \u2018<em>Demoi-<\/em>cracy\u2019: A Useful Framework for Theorizing the Democratization of Multilevel Governance?\u201d in <em>Configurations, Dynamics, and Mechanisms of Multilevel Governance<\/em>, Nathalie Behnke, J\u00f6rg Broschek, Jared Sonnicksen, eds. (ICham, Switzerland: Palgrave macmillan, 2019), pp. 293-310<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Casier and&nbsp;<strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, eds.,&nbsp;<em>EU-Russia Relations in Crisis: Understanding Diverging Perspectives&nbsp;<\/em>(London and New York: Routledge, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cThe Russian Federation,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Introduction to Comparative Politics<\/em>, 8<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;edition,&nbsp; Mark Kesselmann, Joel Krieger, and William A. Joseph, eds. (Cengage Learning, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cAlternative Paradigms for EU-Russian Neighbourhood Relations,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>EU-Russia Relations in Crisis: Understanding Diverging Perspectives<\/em>, edited by Tom Casier and Joan DeBardeleben (London and New York: Routledge, 2018), pp. 115-136.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cThe Enlargement Template and the EU\u2019s Relations with Russia,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>European Enlargement Across Rounds and Beyond Borders<\/em>, edited by H. A. Ikonomou, A. Andrey, and R. Byberg (London and New York: Routledge, 2017), pp. 166-193.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cBackdrop to the Ukraine Crisis: The Revival of Normative Politics in Russia\u2019s Relations with the EU?\u201d <em>in Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia: Foreign Policy in a Contested Area<\/em>, eds. Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), pp. 161-85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cOtnosheniia Rossii i Evrosoiuza v presse Rossii, Germanii, i Pol\u2019shi,\u201d (Russian, German, and Polish Media Coverage of EU-Russian Relations) (in Russian<em>) Bulletin of St. Petersburg State University<\/em>, vol. 1, no. 1 (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Nedelcu and <strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cConceptualizing Party Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe\u201d,&nbsp;<em>East European Politics and Societies<\/em> 30, no. 2 (2015), pp. 381-403.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> and Mikhail Zherebtsov, \u201cThe Reinstated Gubernatorial Elections in Russia: A Return to Open Politics?\u201d <em>Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia&nbsp;<\/em>3, no. 1 (2014), pp. 3-36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, \u201cNew EU-Russian Borders after Enlargement: From Local to Transnational&nbsp;Linkages,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Shifting Priorities in Russia\u2019s Foreign and Security Policy<\/em>, Roger E. Kanet and Remi&nbsp; Piet, eds. (Ashgate, 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> \u201cApplying constructivism to understanding EU\u2013Russian relations,\u201d&nbsp;<em>International Politics,<\/em>&nbsp;49 (2012), 418\u2013433.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><strong>elected Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Casier and\u00a0<strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, eds.,\u00a0<em>EU-Russia Relations in Crisis: Understanding Diverging Perspectives\u00a0<\/em>(London and New York: Routledge, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> and Crina Viju, eds. <em>Economic Crisis in Europe: What it Means for the European Union and Russia<\/em>, co-editor and contributory (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 265 pages. Honorable mention for the &nbsp;Larry Neal Prize for Excellence in EU Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, EU Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> and Achim Hurrelmann, eds. <em>Transnational Europe: Promise, Paradox, Limits <\/em>(Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> and Jon H. Pammett, eds. <em>Activating the Citizen: Dilemmas of Citizen Participation in Europe and Canada, <\/em>co-editor and contributor&nbsp;(Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong>, ed. <em>The Boundaries of EU Enlargement: Finding a Place for Neighbours<\/em>, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan DeBardeleben<\/strong> and Achim Hurrelmann, eds., <em>Democratic Dilemmas of Multi-level Governance: Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union<\/em>, co-editor and contributor (with Achim Hurrelmann) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5816,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Joan","cu_people_last_name":"DeBardeleben","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-464","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Distinguished Research Professor; Associate Director, Centre for European Studies ","cu_people_degree":"M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"joan.debardeleben@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15745,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/464\/revisions\/15745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}