Normative Power of the EU in Communications of the European External Action Service with Russia
Lyudmila Igumnova

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Аннотация

The paper explores Russia-related official statements of the European External Action Service (EEAS), press releases and speeches of the European Union’s two High Representatives for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy posted on the website of the service during the whole period of its activities (2010‒2017). The goal of the analysis is to distinguish the elements of normative, soft and transformative power in EU’s official communications to Moscow and to specify what type of power the EU tries to exercise in Russia. Quantitative text analysis of the EEAS documents was carried out for this purpose. The results obtained demonstrate that the communications of the European diplomatic service with Russia are limited to a narrow range of problems. The principles of the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms dominate in the dialogue of the EEAS with Moscow. Criticizing mainly violation of legal norms, the European External Action Service positions itself as normative actor, promoting normative agenda in the country. The elements of soft and transformative power are very scarcely represented.