This book offers an accessible and rigorous introduction to the context, diplomacy, and law of the European Union’s response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The book explores how the EU responded to the war in the initial months, and is based on research carried out on Russian and European political, diplomatic, and legal texts. Presenting a unique interdisciplinary perspective, the book delves into topics such as the EU diplomatic response, the Ukrainian application for membership of the EU, the policy and legal aspects of EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus. Additionally, the book examines the significance of the EU’s unprecedented political response for the constitutional structure of the EU, and for the strategy toward the Russia of the future.
Author(s): Luigi Lonardo
Series: Global Foreign Policy Studies
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 97
City: Cham
Russia’s 2022 War Against Ukraine and the Foreign Policy Reaction of the EU
Context, Diplomacy, and Law
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Why 24 February 2022 Is a Defining Moment in the History of Europe
1.2 The Roots: Ukraine and Russia, Putin’s Regime, the War
1.3 The Structure of This Book
References
Chapter 2: The Context: The EU and Ukraine Between Slavophiles and NATO
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Russia: From Tsarist Empire to the Russian Federation
2.3 NATO Enlargement in the 1990s
2.4 EU and Ukraine
2.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: EU Diplomacy: Foreign Policy Response to the War and Future EU-Russia Relations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 What Guided the EU’s Reaction?
3.2.1 The (Lack of) EU Strategy
3.2.2 Strong Emotions
3.2.3 EU Rhetoric
3.3 What Could the EU Have Done?
3.4 What Did the EU Do?
3.5 The Way Forward: Where Is Russia Going to Be?
3.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Law: The Use of Force, EU Sanctions, and Assistance to Ukraine
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Legal Regime of International Security
4.2.1 A New International Security Agenda After the Cold War: Human Security and Interventions
4.2.2 Post 9/11: The War on Terror, Libya and Syria, Crimea
4.2.3 The 2022 War and Its Legal Justifications
4.3 The EU Response to the War: Legal Profiles
4.3.1 Sanctions, Humanitarian Assistance, Weapons
4.3.1.1 Sanctions
4.3.1.2 Humanitarian Assistance
4.3.1.3 Funding the Trade in Arms
4.3.2 Foreign Policy as Laboratory of European Integration
4.4 Conclusion: Power-Based Versus Law-Based Global Order
References
Conclusion
Index
