title: Identity and Hegemony in EU–Russia Relations
abstract: This chapter attempts to take stock of the existing constructivist research on EU-Russia relations and to suggest some avenues for further research. It focuses on the structuralist approach by interpreting the identities of the actors as deriving from their relationship. In the post-Cold War European context, controlling the meaning of the universal norm is usually associated with the concept of Normative Power Europe (NPE), a unique feature of the EU. In the post-Crimea environment, in particul