Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective
While the 2014 Annexation of Crimea has been presented by the scholarly literature as leading only to an incremental change in the state-building and foreign policy practices of the EU towards Ukraine, the 2022 invasion of the Russian Federation has been assessed as a critical juncture that has fina...
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2024-11-01
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| description | While the 2014 Annexation of Crimea has been presented by the scholarly literature as leading only to an incremental change in the state-building and foreign policy practices of the EU towards Ukraine, the 2022 invasion of the Russian Federation has been assessed as a critical juncture that has finally turned the EU into a geopolitical actor. The research question that my presentation seeks to answer to is whether the dynamic of the EU's 'state-building security nexus' in Ukraine could be looked at with a different conceptualization of institutional change, one that goes beyond the already traditional dichotomy between incremental change triggered by endogenous factors and the radical change that could be caused by a critical juncture like the 2022 War in Ukraine. By relying on historical institutionalism - an approach that still tries to find its place in an academic field that is clearly dominated by either rational institutionalism or constructivist institutionalism -, I trace two aspects of institutional change, i.e., speed and depth, that the EU's 'state building - security nexus' has undergone since 2014. Specifically, I bring under scrutiny three types of evolutions related to the EU's 'state-building security nexus' in Ukraine: strategic thinking, state building practices, and foreign policy actions. As I am interested in the evolution of the abovementioned aspects in the long run, my presentation also seeks to trace their dynamic after 2022. To this end, I employ process tracing as a research method, while the data that I use come from both primary sources, i.e., official documents of the EU, and secondary sources, that is, scholarly literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c4cd4608eb984a95ac04e68df0b3a35f2024-12-16T14:40:20ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiEURINT2393-23842024-11-011124225810.47743/eurint-2024-DUMChange and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspectiveLucian DumitrescuWhile the 2014 Annexation of Crimea has been presented by the scholarly literature as leading only to an incremental change in the state-building and foreign policy practices of the EU towards Ukraine, the 2022 invasion of the Russian Federation has been assessed as a critical juncture that has finally turned the EU into a geopolitical actor. The research question that my presentation seeks to answer to is whether the dynamic of the EU's 'state-building security nexus' in Ukraine could be looked at with a different conceptualization of institutional change, one that goes beyond the already traditional dichotomy between incremental change triggered by endogenous factors and the radical change that could be caused by a critical juncture like the 2022 War in Ukraine. By relying on historical institutionalism - an approach that still tries to find its place in an academic field that is clearly dominated by either rational institutionalism or constructivist institutionalism -, I trace two aspects of institutional change, i.e., speed and depth, that the EU's 'state building - security nexus' has undergone since 2014. Specifically, I bring under scrutiny three types of evolutions related to the EU's 'state-building security nexus' in Ukraine: strategic thinking, state building practices, and foreign policy actions. As I am interested in the evolution of the abovementioned aspects in the long run, my presentation also seeks to trace their dynamic after 2022. To this end, I employ process tracing as a research method, while the data that I use come from both primary sources, i.e., official documents of the EU, and secondary sources, that is, scholarly literature. https://eurint.uaic.ro/proceedings/articles/EURINT2024_DUM.pdfgeopoliticization processsecurity-development nexushistorical institutionalismcomprehensive actionintegrated action |
| spellingShingle | Lucian Dumitrescu Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective EURINT geopoliticization process security-development nexus historical institutionalism comprehensive action integrated action |
| title | Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective |
| title_full | Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective |
| title_fullStr | Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective |
| title_short | Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective |
| title_sort | change and continuity in the eu s state building security nexus in ukraine a historical institutional perspective |
| topic | geopoliticization process security-development nexus historical institutionalism comprehensive action integrated action |
| url | https://eurint.uaic.ro/proceedings/articles/EURINT2024_DUM.pdf |
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