Time to Exist and Resist: the European Union and Russian Political War

Mark Galeotti, Senior Nonresident Fellow of the Institute of International Relations, published a new Policy Paper about the political war between the European Union and Russia.

In March 2019, the European Parliament formally voted on a resolution that “Russia can no longer be considered a strategic partner.” This was a non-binding political resolution, though, and it is still unclear what is behind the EU’s Russia policy. A particular problem in formulating EU-wide responses to Russian political war is the breadth of opinion between member states and organizational culture – and often institutional requirement – for consensus or unanimity.

You can read the whole text here.

Mark Galeotti is a Senior Nonresident Fellow of the Institute of International Relations. He focuses on Russian domestic and foreign policy and Russian security affairs.





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