Constraining external governance: Interdependence with Russia and the CIS as limits to the EU's rule transfer in the Ukraine

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 853-872

  Dimitrova, Antoaneta ^a   Dragneva, Rilka ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy; EU; External governance; Russia; Trade; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349571322     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903087894     Document Type: Article

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