Winds of change? : neoclassical realism, foreign policy change, and European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war

MARTILL, Benjamin; SUS, Monika

doi:10.1177/13691481241280170

Winds of change? : neoclassical realism, foreign policy change, and European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war

dc.contributor.author	MARTILL, Benjamin
dc.contributor.author	SUS, Monika
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-31T11:17:23Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-31T11:17:23Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description	Published online: 28 September 2024	en
dc.description.abstract	Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought about diplomatic condemnation across Europe and military support for Kyiv amid an uptick in European collective identity. Yet national responses differed significantly in terms of their contribution, their consistency, the degree of underlying contestation, their willingness to lead, and their choice of institutional frameworks. Explaining this variation requires an understanding of the interaction between systemic forces and a host of unit-level attributes, including military capabilities and geopolitical position, ideas and identities, and domestic politics. This introductory article examines each of these factors with a view to explaining the underlying variation in European responses, engaging with theoretical insights from Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy Analysis. Drawing on examples from the Special Section, we show how the divergent responses of several European countries – France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Estonia, and Sweden – can be explained by reference to these three categories.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This article has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 962533	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The British journal of politics and international relations, 2024, OnlineFirst	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1177/13691481241280170
dc.identifier.issn	1369-1481
dc.identifier.issn	1467-856X
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dc.relation	Envisioning a New Governance Architecture for a Global Europe
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dc.title	Winds of change? : neoclassical realism, foreign policy change, and European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war	en
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