View from Stockholm: The EU must stay the course
Sweden continues to support sanctions on Russia and the Swedish public is fully behind its government's hard line on Sweden's eastern neighbour
Sweden continues to support sanctions on Russia and the Swedish public is fully behind its government's hard line on Sweden's eastern neighbour
Russia’s increasing military actions in the Arctic are aimed at securing its broader strategic interests, as well as tightening its hold on an area that it has identified as a “strategic resource base”
European member states have different degrees of exposure to disruption of supplies from Russia, which must be addressed to secure the future of the EU's Energy Union
Ireland’s calculus on sanctions is informed by its economic ties to Russia and its need to forge stronger EU ties ahead of a potential Brexit
In the quarter century of post-Soviet development, resentment towards the West has been accumulating to a broad, genuine and raw hatred
The UK supports sanctions, but the Ukraine crisis has become a political football in the campaign for the upcoming general elections
Poland is more moderate on Russia policy than hawks might have hoped, preferring the use of sanctions to any military option
Austria is still sceptical about sanctions, but it will not challenge the bigger EU states without support
Merkel's tireless diplomacy has made Germany the driver of EU policy on sanctions
Slovakia has taken steps to diversify its economic interests away from Russia, which has altered its calculus on sanctions