No. 136: Russia in Europe: Strategic Challenges

Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 136
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

While the economic importance of Russia in Europe has increased over the past years, political relations have deteriorated. Russia under Putin is once more pursuing great power ambitions and is increasingly asserting interests and values that differ from those of the West. Those hoping for a post-imperial and democratic Russian identity have largely been disabused. Europe and the US should try to maintain their own interests through a combination of cooperation and strategic competition.

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Approval Ratings for Putin and Medvedev