@inbook{3e19653b456644e3be4159fda347e8ea,
title = "Normative power in the eastern neighbourhood",
abstract = "This chapter examines the relevance of normative power in the European Union's (EU) and Russia{\textquoteright}s policies in the eastern neighbourhood. Much of the literature examines the escalation of the tensions between the EU and Russia in the eastern neighbourhood through the prism of geopolitics, and interprets regional political and economic trends as a consequence of strategic action and hard power politics. This chapter offers a more nuanced understanding of the EU–Russia contestation in Eastern Europe by zooming in on the normative clash between them. The chapter argues that the normative competition between the two actors over visions of political governance and regional economic integration is central to understanding the politics of confrontation in the eastern neighbourhood and the domestic struggle for good governance in the countries concerned.",
author = "Gergana Noutcheva",
year = "2021",
month = may,
day = "18",
doi = "10.4324/9781003032335-3-4",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367469689",
series = "Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy",
pages = "28--45",
editor = "Haar, {Roberta N.} and Thomas Christiansen and Sabina Lange and Sophie Vanhoonacker",
booktitle = "The Making of European Security Policy",
publisher = "Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "1st",
}