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SUMMARY:Russia-EU Relations (2008-2016): Realism\, Complex or Fragile Inte
 rdependence? - Huawei Zhen- St  Antony’s College\, University of Oxford
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CONTACT:Wolfson College Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:This research project is a study of the Russia-\nEU relations 
 (2008-2016) and aims to engage \nwith the debates among international rela
 tions theories. In particular\, the research focuses \non the search of an
  analytical model that best approximates the Russia-EU relations and best 
 explains the behaviours of Russia and the EU during the given period. The 
 Russia-EU relations during the Ukraine crisis will be examined as the key 
 empirical case study. It is argued that neither realism nor complex interd
 ependence could fully address the Russia-EU relations. Therefore\, fragile
  interdependence\, as a theoretical framework\, is developed to better dep
 ict \nthis interdependent relationship. Furthermore\, the theory of fragil
 e interdependence offers better measurement of both interdependence and co
 nflict\, and examines how the degree of interdependence can affect the int
 ensity of conflict. In this way\, fragile interdependence adds to our unde
 rstanding of the two key concepts in international relations. This theoret
 ical model could  also  be  generalized  to  o\nther  important  bilateral
   relationships  that  show  similar characteristics of fragile interdepen
 dence\, such as the US-China\, and China-Japan relations.
LOCATION:Lee Hall\, Wolfson College Cambridge
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