title: Conclusion and Way Forward: What Future for the Region and How We Study It?
abstract: Abstract This book critically examined the dichotomy in the literature regarding the differing influences of the EU and Russia in their shared neighbourhood. Through the development of a conceptual framework encompassing three ideal-typical mechanisms of hegemonic power (coercion, prescription, and co-optation) the study systematically compared EU and Russian neighbourhood policies in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. Empirical analysis of four cases (EU-Moldova, EU-Armenia, Russia-Moldova,
journal: The European Union in international affairs