Legal Appraisal of the EU-Russia Relations in Security Matters: a Frozen “Positive Luggage”

Paul Kalinichenko

Abstract


The aim of this article is to evaluate the legal basis for the EU-Russia relations in security matters on the background of general deterioration of the partnership between Russia and the EU. This issue, first of all, focuses on the role of the EU and Russia in global security matters; secondly, it points out to the EU-Russia bilateral agreements in the security field; thirdly, this article is connected with the legal aspects of the EU-Russia security relations in the context of soft law and wide dimension of political cooperation.


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European Union (EU), Russia, international security, European law, International law, PCA, EUPM, EUFOR

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/we.2017.3.2.119
Date of publication: 2018-07-20 12:05:35
Date of submission: 2018-07-20 11:25:27


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