The EU- Russia strategic partnership : the limits of post-sovereignty in international relations / Hiski Haukkala.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-240) and index.

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Complementarity and Multi-causal Social Mechanisms in the Study of International Relations -- 3. Theorising EU{u2013}Russia Institutionalised Interaction -- 4. Multi-method Analysis in a Study of International Institutionalisation -- 5. Establishing the Baseline: Negotiating the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 1992{u2013}94 -- 6. Comparing the Strategy Documents -- 7. The Second Chechen War -- 8. The Four Common Spaces -- 9. The Northern Dimension --10. Conclusions.

"Beginning with the immediate aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this book provides a practical answer to these questions whilst linking the issues to International Relations theorizing. Taking into account both the role of ideas and power, the book links the topic with three variants of mainstream theorizing: the English School, (neoliberal) institutionalism and constructivism. In the process a multi-causal framework that looks for points of convergence between different paradigms in the study of IR is developed." Publisher.