Russia and the Council of Europe. 10 Years After.
Katlijn Malfliet & Stephan Parmentier (eds.)
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In the 10 years since Russia joined the Council of Europe, there have been successes and failures of her membership. The impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on Russian Law should not be underestimated: by making the Convention part of its national body of law, the Constitution of the Russian Federation adheres to the principle prescribing that those rights shall be secured effectively, not just theoretically. The Russian Federation has made commitments to introduce new laws in line with the Council of Europe standards. Russian citizens have obtained the right to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and, since then, there has been an explosive increase of applications from Russia to the European Court for Human Rights. It appears that civil society has learned to use the European Court of Human Rights in its quest for justice. In addition, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture now has competence over all places in Russia where persons are deprived of their liberty.
Nevertheless, opportunities provided by this membership were missed. Was Russia's admission to the Council of Europe premature? It was a political decision for both parties: the Council of Europe decided that it was better to get Russia inside this European organization, than to keep her out. Russia, in turn, saw membership of the Council of Europe as the first step towards acceptance as a player on the European and international scene.
This book brings together academic legal experts, specialists involved in court practice, actors at different levels of political decision making and in NGOs, who interrogate questions as: • What is the Convention's real impact on the Russian legal system? • What are the main obstacles to domestic implementation of the Convention and what are the proposed means to overcome them? • What is the future for Russia's membership of the Council of Europe?
De Geest van het Russische Recht
Katlijn Malfliet
Acco, 2010, pp 160
Dit boek gaat op zoek naar de eigenheid van het Russische recht. De centrale idee die naar voor wordt gebracht, is dat het Russische recht doorheen zijn geschiedenis heel eigen kenmerken heeft vertoond. Deze kenmerken kunnen worden samengevat in wat reeds in de negentiende eeuw als typisch voor de Russische maatschappij gold: autocratie (samoderzjavije), orthodoxie (pravoslavije) en eigen volksaard (narodnost’). Thans, nu de Russische staat een eigen postcommunistische identiteit opbouwt, lijken deze kenmerken zich opnieuw te manifesteren.
Een al te rigide interpretatie van deze Russische eigenheid zou leiden tot een onaanvaardbaar determinisme, maar toch is het belangrijk om niet blind te zijn voor deze merkwaardige specifi citeit, ontstaan uit de bijzondere geschiedenis en de culturele eigenheid van Rusland. Vanuit deze bijzondere invalshoek wil deze uitgave een bijdrage leveren tot het debat over Rusland en Europa, een debat dat vooral vanuit West- Europa met meer intensiteit, inlevingsvermogen en openheid kan worden gevoerd.
Elusive Russia: Current Developments in Russian State Identity and Institutional Reform under President Putin
Katlijn Malfliet & Ria Laenen
Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2007 - pp 87
Since President Putin came to power Russia's domestic political process underwent continuous changes. Up till now it remains unclear whether Russia is on the road towards becoming a full-fledged democracy or if it is diverting from this path.
Elusive Russia brings together the views of four leading Russia experts on Russian state identity and institutional reform. Marie Mendras, Luke March, Irina Busygina and Andrei Zakharov share their original approaches on some key components of today's Russian politics and brings their own perspective to the complex and ongoing process of Russia's nation and state building.
They address urgent questions that relate to Russia's post-Soviet democratization process. In which way has the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of power been developing? How has Russia conceptualized itself as a federal state? How strong is the nationalist component in today's Russian politics? Which concept of the Rule of Law finds its resonance in Russia's state structures?
Although Russia seems to remain an elusive entity according to the concepts of Western political sciences, this volume aims to shed some light on the ongoing political developments by offering a status questions.
The publication was coordinated by Katlijn Malfliet and Ria Laenen of the Institute for International and European Policy at K.U.Leuven.
ISBN: 978-90-5867-608-5
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The CIS, the EU and Russia. Challenges of integration.
Katlijn Malfliet, Lien Verpoest, Evgeny Vinokurov
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 - pp. 272
The CIS, the EU and Russia focuses on the difficulties facing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus with regard to their integration into both the CIS and the encroaching EU. It analyzes the links between the integration mechanisms of the CIS and EU and the various state policies towards, and the elite interests in, the territory of the former Soviet Union.
ISBN: 978-0-230-52106-3
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The Concept Of Russia: Patterns For Political Development In The Russian Federation
K. Malfiet, F. Scharpé (eds.)
Leuven, Leuven University Press, 2003.
ISBN 90 5867 345 6 Price: 15 euro
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Summary
How can we best define Russia’s long-term national interests in the field of political sovereignty, sustainable economic development and military security? How will Russia view its federal state structure, as it finds itself confronted with a centuries-old tension between national and regional identity? Does Russia have to make a choice between East and West? All these questions relate to the centuries-old debate on the ‘Russian Idea’.
This book is a collection of the contributions to the lecture series ‘The Concept of Russia: Patterns for Political Development in the Russian Federation’, which was organized in the spring of 2003 by the Chair InBev-Baillet Latour at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven). Throughout this series of lectures, the Chair sought to study the quest for Russian identity, approaching this multi-layered and diffuse problem from a historical, political, cultural and economic perspective.
The contributions are written by leading specialists in the field: Geoffrey Hosking, Philip Hanson, Irina Kobrinskaya, John Löwenhardt, Irina Busygina and Wim Coudenys. The publication was coordinated by Katlijn Malfliet and Francisca Scharpé of the Institute for International and European Policy at K.U.Leuven.
Summary
• Katlijn Malfliet
Introduction: some Idea’s on the “Russian Idea”
• Geoffrey Hosking
The State and Identity Formation in Russia: a historical account
• Wim Coudenys
On the Russianness of Russian Historiography
• Irina M.Busygina
Federalism and Administrative Reform of the President Putin in the Context
of Democratic Transition in Russia
• John Löwenhardt
Policy, Loyalty and Geographic Constraints in Russia
• Irina Kobrinskaya
Russia in the Transforming International Security System. The Role of
Russia in the Present International Security System
• Philip Hanson
Making a Good Entrance. Russia’s Re-Engagement with the World Economy
and, unfortunately, with Europe in Particular
Russia and Europe in a Changing International Environment
K.
Malfiet, L. Verpoest (eds.)
Leuven, Leuven University Press, 2001.
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union ten years ago, the Russian Federation was confronted with the task to develop new relations with states and organisations on the international scene. The relations with the European Union have increasingly become a key priority in Russia’s foreign policy. The European Union in its turn attaches more and more importance to the new Russia and the constant processes of political reform and economic development in this vast country.
This book approaches the issue of Euro-Russian relations from a multidisciplinary point of view. It analyses from a political, historical, cultural and economical angle to which extent the relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union have developed so far. Apart from a factual overview, the authors also look deeper into the key issues as well as the flaws of this evolving relationship. In separate chapters, Russian or European approaches are given to Russian Security Policy and the relation with Nato, the European Union’s Russian Policy, values perception in Russia and Europe, Russia’s relationship with the outsider states and Europe’s dual enlargement, the economic relations between Russia and the European Union, and the ‘Strategic Partnership’ that Russia and the European Union are developing.
In the framework of the Chair InBev-Baillet Latour on the relations between Russia and the European Union, the K.U. Leuven and UCL jointly examine the character of Euro-Russian relations, aiming to monitor the evolving relationship and to place it into a theoretical framework.
This publication was co-ordinated by Professor Katlijn Malfliet and Lien Verpoest of the Institute for International and European policy of the K.U. Leuven. It assembles contributions from Margot Light, John Löwenhardt, Konstantin Khudoley, Yuri Borko, Dmitry Danilov, Ioann Ekonomtsev, Jan Kerkhofs, Vladimir Ronin and Koen Vanheusden.
Contents
- Katlijn Malfliet
Preface - Margot Light
The European Union’s Russian Foreign Policy - Konstantin Khudoley
The Modern Russian Policy towards Europe - Yuri Borko
The Russian Perception of Europe - Jan Kerkhofs
Values in Russia : an Introduction - John Löwenhardt
Russia, the Countries ‘in-between’ and Europe’s Dual Enlargement - Lien Verpoest
Russia and Ukraine : Together to Europe ? - Dmitry Danilov
Russian Security Policy and the Developing EU-Russia Relationship in the Political and Security Field - Vladimir Ronin
Russia : Outside Europe ? - Ioann Ekonomtsev
The Role of the Orthodox Church in the Formation of the Russian Self-Consciousness - Koen Vanheusden
Doing Business with the Russian Federation : Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Exporting to Russia
Het Europees Beleid van Rusland
K.
Malfliet, M. Bogaert, L. Verpoest (red.)
Leuven, Instituut voor Europees Beleid, Garant, 2000
ISBN : 90-441-1094-2, Prijs : 10 euro
Contents
- Voorwoord
Katlijn Malfliet - De politiek-economische situatie van Rusland.
Enkele overwegingen.
René Panis - La Russie a pour tâche de redevenir puissante
Viktor Onoutchko - Geschiedenis als politiek
Wim Coudenys - Russische identiteit vanuit een historisch oogpunt
Lien Verpoest - De Russische orthodoxe Kerk en Europa
Antoine Lambrechts - De handelsrelaties tussen Europa en de Russische Federatie
Achter de cijfers
Koen Vanheusden - Les Relations Russo-Européennes dans le domaine de l’énérgie
:
Pomme de discorde ou base pour la coopération ?
André Belyi - Europa in het buitenlands beleid van Rusland
Tom Casier - How ‘European’ is Russia today ?
Katlijn Malfliet - Russia, NATO, and the West: What Kind of Future ?
Ekaterina Netchitailova
At U.C.L.
Les relations entre l'Union européenne et la Fédération de Russie.
Tanguy de Wilde and Laetitia Spetschinsky
Louvain-la-Neuve, Institut d'études européennes, 2000
ISBN : 2-87404-011-8 Price: 500 FB
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Contents
- Le rôle de la mémoire en politique étrangère.
Essai de théorisation
Valérie-Barbara Rosoux - Union européenne - Russie : quel passé pour quelle réconciliation?
Laetitia Spetschinsky - Contribution à une étude du rôle de la mémoire
en politique étrangère.
L'Union soviétique de 1934 et la Fédération de Russie de 1992
Catherine De Montlibert-Dumoulin - Acteurs et mécanismes de décision de la politique étrangère
russe
Catherine De Montlibert-Dumoulin - The first common strategy : added value or added confusion?
Ralph Genetzke - Une continuité dans le changement : les mesures de coercition
économiques de l’Union européenne à l’égard
de l’URSS et de la Russie
Tanguy De Wilde - La Russie face à l’OTAN au-delà du syndrome du Kosovo
Lionel Ponsard - Perceptions russes de la politique européenne envers la Russie
Nina Bachkatov - How 'Russia' sees The European Common Foreign and Security Policy
(ECFSP)
Andrew Wilson