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Lilia Arakelyan, in Chapter 4, ‘EU-Russia Security Relations: Another Kind of Europe’, argues that the failure of the Eastern Partnership initiative to implement long-awaited political and economic reforms in its partner states resulted from the fact that the European Union (EU) was more interested in containing Russia in the region rather than enhancing relations and closer integration with the partner countries. As a result, only Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine signed the Association Agreement with the EU. Moreover, Moscow became increasingly hostile towards the West, presented itself as a defender of traditional values in contrast to ‘decadent’ capitalist culture. It is important to recognize, she argues, that this was a long-term process based on the Russia’s refusal to accept a subsidiary position in a Europe dominated by the Euro-Atlantic states.
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The Eurasian Union has a population of 179 million people and a gross domestic product of about $1.9 trillion. However, Russia accounts for the vast majority of those numbers: 143 million people and a 1.6 trillion GDP.
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A program of financial assistance to Armenia was recently launched in Yerevan, and about $88.6 million is intended to strengthen the borders, adapting legislation, and dealing with poverty.
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The Netherlands holds the presidency of the Council of the EU from January 1 to June 30, 2016.
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Arakelyan, L.A. (2017). EU-Russia Security Relations: Another Kind of Europe. In: Kanet, R. (eds) The Russian Challenge to the European Security Environment . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50775-0_4
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