The European project and Russia : the necessity to identify common geopolitical interests to overcome the current crisis

... tactical postures and misunderstanding on the crisis developments, the contradictory representations between Russians, Europeans and Americans express different representations of the world. At the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, John Kerry and Angela Merkel, the most prominent western leaders in favour of sanctions of European Union against Russia claimed that Russia was an actor whose behaviour was a thing of the past. John Kerry declared on the 3rd of march 2014 that "You just don't ...