Media mentions – Wider Europe
I don’t think …the sanctions will have an impact on whether Russia releases Navalny or keeps him longer— I think the Russia authorities will just do what they consider necessary to do for themselves
This is a conflict with KRG & Turkey on one side and PKK and Iran-linked Shia groups on the other — a very delicate situation for the Biden administration
..offering Russia resets every other year only leads to greater Russian disregard for Western interests in eastern European security or in the Middle East
Carl Bildt quotes Nicu Popescu and Kadri Liik in his latest op-ed on the West’s attempts to reset relations with Russia
China’s multiple contacts in the Western Balkan states are a challenge for the EU
During these last years, Russia and the West each pursued a policy of ‘mutual weakening’. This is likely to dominate Biden’s presidency and the next decade
Europeans must draw lessons from the failure of their approach by learning to handle at the same time cooperation and confrontation
It’s time to put romantic feelings and dreams aside, to make a hard and tough analysis of Russian and European interests and to approach the issue from there
The EU does everything to avoid confrontation and Moscow knows this. The Russian authorities feel that their hands are free to act as they please
The EU is avoiding a confrontation with Moscow