European Security Space: the Problem with Ukraine

... another shift in the European political balance from cooperation to mutual containment, all the more in the military-political dimension of the relationship between Russia and the West, is not a temporary occurrence. The Ukraine Crisis: One More Setback Russia and the West appear to have exhausted their resources and capabilities to build cooperation by harmonizing the Eurasian and Euro-Atlantic projects. In contrast to previous European security crises (Yugoslavia 1999, Georgia 2008) when opponents managed to find solutions with positive cooperation, the crisis in Ukraine crisis has shut off such prospects in the foreseeable future. The crisis is devaluing the results of the ...