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Title: GEOPOLITICS OF CONTESTED NEIGHBOURHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF NEW EASTERN EUROPE AND THE NEAR ABROAD OF RUSSIA
Authors: D. K. Shahi
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D. K. Shahi Associate Professor, DAV PG College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
MLA 8 Shahi, D. K. "GEOPOLITICS OF CONTESTED NEIGHBOURHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF NEW EASTERN EUROPE AND THE NEAR ABROAD OF RUSSIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 5, May 2022, pp. 1211-1222, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i05.005. Accessed May 2022. APA 6 Shahi, D. (2022, May). GEOPOLITICS OF CONTESTED NEIGHBOURHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF NEW EASTERN EUROPE AND THE NEAR ABROAD OF RUSSIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(5), 1211-1222. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i05.005 Chicago Shahi, D. K. "GEOPOLITICS OF CONTESTED NEIGHBOURHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF NEW EASTERN EUROPE AND THE NEAR ABROAD OF RUSSIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 5 (May 2022), 1211-1222. Accessed May, 2022. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i05.005.
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ABSTRACT: The common neighbourhood of the European Union (EU) and Russia has become a source of geopolitical rivalry between the two. During the last twenty or more years, both the European Union (EU) and Russia have attempted to integrate these countries of 'Shared Neighbourhood'. At the same time, these countries have also sought a sheltered alliance with either of the two (EU and Russia). Thus, it has become Contested Neighbourhood. The recent developments such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea and the resulting upheavals in the relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia have transformed this area into an arena of geopolitical conflict. The conflict of interests and competition for influence over this contested neighbourhood reached its zenith with increased nearness between the EU and Ukraine. The expansion of NATO into the bordering areas of Russia and the geopolitical rivalry in Eastern Europe and the Near Abroad of Russia can be explained from different perspectives. But the changes in the geopolitical map of Eurasia are a replication of the same classical geopolitical rivalry in the geographical space of the Eurasian Heartland. The present research presents an analysis of the geopolitics of contested neighbourhood.

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