Triangular Diplomacy among the United States, the European Union, and the Russian Federation Responses to the Crisis in Ukraine /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Birchfield, Vicki L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Young, Alasdair R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Diplomacy.; International relations.; United States-Politics and government.; European Union.; Russia-Politics and government.; Foreign Policy.; US Politics.; European Union Politics.; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
• Physical Description: XIII, 232 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319634357
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-63435-7

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.