Weak Sovereignty: Russia, Europe and the in-Between States
Wednesday, April 13, 201112:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
The countries sandwiched between Russia and the European Union are not fully independent actors in regional and international politics: they cannot join the EU or NATO and do not wish to form a community dominated by Russia. Most of of these ‘in-between state’ are caught in a political impasse and security deadlock. This lecture will consider the argument that partnership between Russia and Europe will remain strained as long as the status quo for these states persists.
Marie Mendras is Professor at Sciences
Po
University and Research Fellow with the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique.
She runs the Observatoire de la Russie, a study
group and workshop a at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales
in Paris.
In 2008-2010, Marie Mendras was Professor in
the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political
Science. Along with her academic work, she worked as a consultant for the
Policy Planning Staff of the Foreign Ministry (1983-1991) and for the
Directorate for Strategic Affairs of the Ministry of Defence (1992-1998).
Her publications deal with Russian political developments and foreign
policy. She is on the editorial board of the journals Esprit and
Pro et Contra and is the author of Russie. L’envers du
pouvoir (Odile Jacob, 2008) to be published in English in
June 2011 (Hurst, London, and Columbia University Press, New York).
Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.