There is a high risk that Russia cuts off gas supplies to Europe. The EU needs a stronger and more reliable economic deterrent with an anti-coercion instrument.
Media mentions – ECFR Rome
The real issue is EU gas dependency. This crisis forces European countries to implement internal solidarity mechanisms and establish a joint energy strategy.
I think he is adopting a kind of tactic: two steps forward and one step back. Hence, it will be very difficult for Europeans to clearly establish a red line.
European citizens would consider a Russian invasion of Ukraine not merely as an attack towards a neighboring country but as an attack to the European security order
Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev comments on the European perception of Russia-Ukraine crisis according to the results of ECFR latest survey are quoted by Domani
A war would be dramatic. The West can only resort to sanctions, and these are nearly more harmful for us than for Russia.
I think that Warsaw and Budapest will now push to the limit, until getting to the point where they will have to back off and turn to diplomacy to obtain something
Moscow will not give up its desire to influence post-Soviet states and undermine democracies. Europeans should have the ambition to take care of their own security
Russia now wants to take advantage of the tension created on the ground to achieve its goals by diplomatic means
It is a soft coup against Dabaiba, but the outcome is still uncertain
It is no longer a question of ideology, geopolitical competition or worldviews. We are now faced with the personalism of one or the other, and this makes everything even more difficult to resolve.