A1 Journal article (refereed)
Conflictual Rebordering : The Russia Policies of Finland and Estonia (2023)

Makarychev, A., & Romashko, T. (2023). Conflictual Rebordering : The Russia Policies of Finland and Estonia. Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 17(2), 44-79. https://doi.org/10.51870/ojfq7520

JYU authors or editors

Romashko, Tatiana

Publication details

All authors or editors: Makarychev, Andrey; Romashko, Tatiana

Journal or series: Central European Journal of International and Security Studies

ISSN: 1802-548X

eISSN: 1805-482X

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 24/04/2023

Volume: 17

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 44-79

Publisher: Metropolitan University Prague

Publication country: Czechia

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51870/ojfq7520

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/86612

Abstract

This article seeks to analyse the process of conflictual rebordering in the EU's relations with Russia. The authors single out three major crises that triggered and shaped the process of toughening the border regime and the related transformations of political meaning of the EU-Russia border: the COVID-19 pandemic, the drastic deterioration of Moscow-Brussels relations in the beginning of 2021 and the war in Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022. Correspondingly, the EU’s reactions to each of these critical junctures might be described through the academic concepts of governmentality, normativity and geopolitics. Our aim is to look at the three ensuing models – governmental, normative and geopolitical rebordering – from the vantage point of Estonia and Finland, two EU member states sharing borders with Russia, yet in the meantime remaining distinct from each other in developing particular border policies and approaches vis-a-vis their eastern neighbour.

Keywords: geopolitics; international relations; international cooperation; security policy; political crises; wars

Free keywords: Russia-EU affairs; Finland; Estonia; normative power; geopolitics; governmentality; bordering

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