International Conference on Eurasian Economies
29-31 August 2016 – Kaposvár, HUNGARY
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1652
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : International Trade and Globalization
Presenter: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ömer Uğur
Session : 2B Bölgesel Çalışmalar
The Eu's Influence on Eastern European Stability in the Context of Ukrainian Crisis
Ukrayna Krizi Çerçevesinde Avrupa Birliği’nin Doğu Avrupa’daki İstikrara Etkisi
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Ömer Uğur (Gümüşhane University, Türkiye)
Abstract
The Ukraine crisis that started with the Euromaidan protests in November 2013 appears to be a most important security crises of the post-Cold War security order. Russia's aggression against Ukraine has not just threaten the territorial integrity or sovereignty of the EU's largest neighbour, but also it has led to a rivalry between the former Cold War enemies again and even it led to the start of a period that may cause to conflict between them. The EU's approach that established the Free Trade Area between the EU and Ukraine did not give any chance of talking to third country or organizations such as the Eurasian Union. Therefore, Russia worked hard to influence on Ukraine to abandon to sing the agreement and this happened to see Ukraine’s choice as a zero-sum game. In order to understand the effect of crisis on the EU and Russia, it have to be analysed the economic sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia to resolve the crisis through diplomatic and economic means. Thus, it is necessary to look at the economic relations between Russia and the EU and this data will be obtained in Eurostat. As a result, economic sanctions helped to move the conflict from the military to the diplomatic levels. Indeed, Russia has seen that European unity gave rise to a significant impact on its economy. Also, the EU realized that the sanctions is the most powerful tool in the hands of the EU in absence of military power.
JEL codes: F51, F55
Uğur, Ömer (2016). "The Eu's Influence on Eastern European Stability in the Context of Ukrainian Crisis " in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2016, pp.199-205, Kaposvár, HUNGARY.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C07.01652
Session 2B: Bölgesel Çalışmalar
