Reducing Risks and Cutting Costs: The Art of Confrontation Management

... Partners of Russia Second, assuming that there is visible progress in implementing the Minsk agreements, there might be an opportunity to modify the EU’s mechanism for Russian... ... “selective engagement” between Europe and Russia on Libya has not succeeded either. The European Union and Russia have still not gotten around to coordinating their positions... ... other. Fifth, there are clear opportunities in soft security matters, especially in environmental security. Traditionally, Russia has had difficult relations with the European...