Contested History: Rebuilding Trust in European Security

Author(s): Christian Nünlist
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Book Title: Strategic Trends 2017: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Pages: 11-34
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Place: Zurich

Different interpretations of the recent past still cast a negative shadow on the relations between Russia and the West. The Ukraine Crisis was a symptom, but not the deeper cause of Russia’s disengagement from the European peace order of 1990. While the current situation is far from a “new Cold War”, reconstructing contested history and debating missed opportunities are needed today to create trust and overcome European insecurity.

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