The Tough Lessons of the EU-Russia Crisis

Russia and the West should refrain from hostile and inflammatory rhetoric that fuels public mistrust Relations between Russia and the European Union are in deep crisis – perhaps the most serious crisis since the end of the Cold War. As the Russian Federation’s ... ... importance, and could therefore easily be shelved or even sacrificed for the sake of more central and more urgent needs. The Ukrainian crisis has thus become a very explicit manifestation of the fragility of our relations. Both sides pursued their own ...