Europe and Russia between partnership and confrontation

Abstract

Russia's relationship with Europe has been a subject of debate for centuries. After the collapse of the USSR, the question seemed for a time to have been put to rest : the "new   " Russia was embarking on a process of democratic transition, resolutely positioning itself alongside Western countries, its " true friends ", and asserting its European identity. However, the issue resurfaced in the 1990s. And the balance gradually shifted in favor of conflict and those convinced of the specificity of Russia's identity. In fact, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, two logics seem to be at work. The first, very much in evidence at first, is that of partnership and association. The second, which now seems to dominate, is one of mistrust, distancing and confrontation. Which of these two logics will ultimately prevail ? After outlining the main characteristics of these two logics, I will look at the perceptions that Russians have of the EU and European countries, and that the latter have of Russia, as well as the issues at stake in their relationship.

Biography

Anne de Tinguy is an emeritus university professor.

Professor at Inalco (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) since 2005, after having been a researcher at CNRS, Anne de Tinguy was and remains attached to CERI-Sciences Po. She obtained her doctorate and habilitation to direct research in political science at Sciences Po, after studying at the Sorbonne (Paris 4), Inalco and Sciences Po. She is a former public member of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN, 1989-90).

A politician and historian specializing in the international relations of Russia and Ukraine, she has worked on the foreign policy of these two states, on the role of perceptions and representations in international relations, and on migration from and within the post-Soviet space. She is the author of ten books, seven of which she has edited. Since 2015, she has edited Regards sur l'Eurasie -  L'année politique en..., collection " Les Études du CERI ", an annual online publication.

She has taught the history and international relations of the USSR and Russia at Sciences po and Inalco at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. She was director of the International Relations master's program at Inalco from 2011 to 2018 and academic director of the Sciences Po-MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) InternationalStudiesdouble master's program from 2002 to 2018.

Vice-president of the Association française des études ukrainiennes from 2000 to 2017, member of Inalco's scientific council and board of directors (until 2018), she is a member of the editorial board of the journal Anatoli-Territoires, politique, sociétés (CNRS Éditions).