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Triangular Diplomacy among the United States, the European Union, and the Russian Federation

Responses to the Crisis in Ukraine

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Considers the extent to which the EU is an external actor and helps to inform foreign policy analysis more broadly

  • Engages both with how the US and EU regard each other’s relationship with Russia, but also how Russia and Ukraine perceive western powers

  • Contributes to policy debates on the EU as a global actor, current EU-US relations and the effectiveness of the transatlantic alliance

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introducing Triangular Diplomacy

    • Alasdair R. Young, Vicki L. Birchfield
    Pages 1-19
  3. Empirical Scene Setting: The Contours of the Crisis and Response

    • Alasdair R. Young, Vicki L. Birchfield
    Pages 21-54
  4. Russia Plays the (Triangular) Sanctions Game

    • Christopher Patane, Cooper Drury
    Pages 119-142
  5. Conclusions: Comparison and Triangulation

    • Vicki L. Birchfield, Alasdair R. Young
    Pages 217-226
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 227-232

About this book

This book examines the crisis in Ukraine through the lens of “triangular diplomacy,” which focuses on the multiple interactions among the European Union, the United States and Russia. It is explicitly comparative, considering how the US and EU responded to ostensibly the same crisis. It also adopts a “360-degree” perspective, focusing on how the US and EU interacted in their dealings with Russia, and how Russia and Ukraine have responded. Chapters focus on each of the four protagonists – the EU, the US, Russia and Ukraine – and on key, cross-cutting aspects of the crisis – sanctions, international law and energy. The book thus contrasts a conventional, if exceptional, great power – the US – with a very non-traditional foreign policy actor – the EU. It would be suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses on the EU’s external policies and engagement in world affairs, EU-US relations, EU-Russia interactions, or regional security issues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Vicki L. Birchfield, Alasdair R. Young

About the editors

Vicki L. Birchfield is Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, USA, and Co-Director of the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence.

Alasdair R. Young is Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, USA, and Co-Director of the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. He is chair of the European Union Studies Association in the USA.

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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