Edited by Lucyna Czechowska, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Diplomacy, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Andriy Tyushka, Research Fellow, European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, College of Europe, Natolin, Agata Domachowska, Assistant Professor, Department of Balkan Studies, Faculty of Languages, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Karolina Gawron-Tabor, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, WSB University in Toruń and Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

'Over the past decade, ''strategic partnerships'' have multiplied in international politics, becoming a prominent tool of diplomacy. However, only few academics have focussed on these partnerships, either as concept or instrument. This book is a fine contribution to locate ''strategic partnerships'' in the IR literature, building on interesting theoretical and empirical insights.'--Thomas Renard, Egmont Institute, Belgium'In the book, the strategic partnership is analyzed in empirical and theoretical terms as a form of cooperation between states and international organizations conditioned by changes at the level of the international system after the end of the Cold War. One of the undeniable advantages of the book is, first of all, the abandonment of the state-centric approach to strategic partnership dominating as so far in IR research. Secondly, strategic partnership of cooperation between NATO, EU, ASEAN, CAN and 14 countries is analyzed - on the one hand - as a relatively new area of IR practice, and on the other hand as the subject of theoretical thinking and as a proposed original model, which is a suggested tool for studying the practice of strategic partnership.'--Marek Pietras, Marie Curie Skodowska University, Poland'This immense and impressive volume is a welcome and timely contribution to the study of strategic partnerships in international relations. With its focus on strategic partnerships between states and international organizations, it covers a hitherto underexplored aspect of this form of cooperation. Empirically rich and theoretically ambitious, this volume will be an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the full range of strategic partnerships in world politics today and the implications for international relations theory.'--Ulrich Krotz, European University Institute, Italy

• Contents:PART I THEORY1. Strategic Partnerships, International Politics and IR TheoryAndriy Tyushka and Lucyna Czechowska2. States, International Organizations and Strategic Partnerships: Theorizing an ‘Ideal Model’Andriy Tyushka, Lucyna Czechowska, Agata Domachowska, Karolina Gawron-Tabor and Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaPART II MODEL3. Model Specification and Operationalization: The Basic Correlates of Strategic PartnershipsLucyna Czechowska, Agata Domachowska, Karolina Gawron-Tabor, Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska and Andriy TyushkaPART III CASE STUDIESNATO Strategic Partnerships4. The Beginning of a New Cold War? The Failure of the NATO-Russia Strategic Partnership Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska5. The Long and Winding Road to Strategic Partnership: The NATO–Japan Relations Agata Domachowska6. An Evolving NATO–Ukraine Strategic Partnership in a Turbulent Security EnvironmentAndriy TyushkaEU Strategic Partnerships7. Between Cooperation and Competition: The Strategic Partnership Between the European Union and the US Karolina Gawron-Tabor8. A Marriage of Convenience? The EU–India Reluctant Strategic PartnershipLucyna Czechowska9. The EU–Japan Cooperation: Sluggish but Gradual and Stable Road to Strategic Partnership Piotr Pięta10. Close and Enhanced Cooperation for Mutual Benefit: The EU–Georgia Strategic Partnership as Something Beyond Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaASEAN Strategic Partnerships11. Doomed to Cooperate? The ASEAN–China PartnershipAgata Domachowska12. The Imitation Game? The Partnership between ASEAN and Canada in Search of Strategic RelevanceBartosz Płotka13. The ASEAN-Australia Strategic Partnership: Australia as an Awkward PartnerKarolina Gawron-Tabor14. ‘Trusted Friends, Dynamic Partners’: A Modest but Steadfast ASEAN–New Zealand Strategic PartnershipLucyna CzechowskaCAN Strategic Partnerships15. The Development vs Geo-Economics Nexus in the CAN–China InteractionismAndriy Tyushka16. Macroeconomic Convergence and Strategic (Ir)Relevance Trap in the CAN–Brazilian InteractionismAndriy Tyushka17. Together We CAN!... or CAN’T? A Struggling Détente between the Andean Community and Chile and (Lost) Opportunities of a Strategic PartnershipBartłomiej RóżyckiConclusionsAndriy Tyushka, Agata Domachowska, Lucyna Czechowska, Karolina Gawron-Tabor and Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaIndex

Edited by Lucyna Czechowska, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Diplomacy, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Andriy Tyushka, Research Fellow, European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, College of Europe, Natolin, Agata Domachowska, Assistant Professor, Department of Balkan Studies, Faculty of Languages, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Karolina Gawron-Tabor, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, WSB University in Toruń and Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

'Over the past decade, ''strategic partnerships'' have multiplied in international politics, becoming a prominent tool of diplomacy. However, only few academics have focussed on these partnerships, either as concept or instrument. This book is a fine contribution to locate ''strategic partnerships'' in the IR literature, building on interesting theoretical and empirical insights.'--Thomas Renard, Egmont Institute, Belgium'In the book, the strategic partnership is analyzed in empirical and theoretical terms as a form of cooperation between states and international organizations conditioned by changes at the level of the international system after the end of the Cold War. One of the undeniable advantages of the book is, first of all, the abandonment of the state-centric approach to strategic partnership dominating as so far in IR research. Secondly, strategic partnership of cooperation between NATO, EU, ASEAN, CAN and 14 countries is analyzed - on the one hand - as a relatively new area of IR practice, and on the other hand as the subject of theoretical thinking and as a proposed original model, which is a suggested tool for studying the practice of strategic partnership.'--Marek Pietras, Marie Curie Skodowska University, Poland'This immense and impressive volume is a welcome and timely contribution to the study of strategic partnerships in international relations. With its focus on strategic partnerships between states and international organizations, it covers a hitherto underexplored aspect of this form of cooperation. Empirically rich and theoretically ambitious, this volume will be an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the full range of strategic partnerships in world politics today and the implications for international relations theory.'--Ulrich Krotz, European University Institute, Italy

• Contents:PART I THEORY1. Strategic Partnerships, International Politics and IR TheoryAndriy Tyushka and Lucyna Czechowska2. States, International Organizations and Strategic Partnerships: Theorizing an ‘Ideal Model’Andriy Tyushka, Lucyna Czechowska, Agata Domachowska, Karolina Gawron-Tabor and Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaPART II MODEL3. Model Specification and Operationalization: The Basic Correlates of Strategic PartnershipsLucyna Czechowska, Agata Domachowska, Karolina Gawron-Tabor, Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska and Andriy TyushkaPART III CASE STUDIESNATO Strategic Partnerships4. The Beginning of a New Cold War? The Failure of the NATO-Russia Strategic Partnership Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska5. The Long and Winding Road to Strategic Partnership: The NATO–Japan Relations Agata Domachowska6. An Evolving NATO–Ukraine Strategic Partnership in a Turbulent Security EnvironmentAndriy TyushkaEU Strategic Partnerships7. Between Cooperation and Competition: The Strategic Partnership Between the European Union and the US Karolina Gawron-Tabor8. A Marriage of Convenience? The EU–India Reluctant Strategic PartnershipLucyna Czechowska9. The EU–Japan Cooperation: Sluggish but Gradual and Stable Road to Strategic Partnership Piotr Pięta10. Close and Enhanced Cooperation for Mutual Benefit: The EU–Georgia Strategic Partnership as Something Beyond Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaASEAN Strategic Partnerships11. Doomed to Cooperate? The ASEAN–China PartnershipAgata Domachowska12. The Imitation Game? The Partnership between ASEAN and Canada in Search of Strategic RelevanceBartosz Płotka13. The ASEAN-Australia Strategic Partnership: Australia as an Awkward PartnerKarolina Gawron-Tabor14. ‘Trusted Friends, Dynamic Partners’: A Modest but Steadfast ASEAN–New Zealand Strategic PartnershipLucyna CzechowskaCAN Strategic Partnerships15. The Development vs Geo-Economics Nexus in the CAN–China InteractionismAndriy Tyushka16. Macroeconomic Convergence and Strategic (Ir)Relevance Trap in the CAN–Brazilian InteractionismAndriy Tyushka17. Together We CAN!... or CAN’T? A Struggling Détente between the Andean Community and Chile and (Lost) Opportunities of a Strategic PartnershipBartłomiej RóżyckiConclusionsAndriy Tyushka, Agata Domachowska, Lucyna Czechowska, Karolina Gawron-Tabor and Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaIndex