beyondukraine.euandrussiainsearchofanewrelation
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beyondukraine.euandrussiainsearchofanewrelation
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58 Beyond Ukraine. EU and Russia in Search of a New Relation<br />
alliance stopped short of making Russia a full partner, in the<br />
absence of a comprehensive re-discussion of the 1989-1990<br />
settlement hopes that the ‘reset’ could resolve persisting tension<br />
and overcome reciprocal diffidence rapidly proved misplaced.<br />
The 2013 crisis and its consequences: which way<br />
forward?<br />
While the ‘reset’ proved an inadequate remedy to reverse<br />
confrontational dynamics, the Euromaidan protest dramatically<br />
worsened relations between the alliance and Moscow. As in the<br />
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/afet/dv/201/20100<br />
6/20100622_russianprop_en.pdf. See also M. Menkiszak, “Russian Policy Towards<br />
NATO in a Broader European Security Context”, in R.N. McDermott, B. Nygren, C.<br />
Vendil Pallin (eds.), The Russian Armed Forces in Transition: Economic, Geopolitical and<br />
Institutional Uncertainties, London and New York, Routledge, 2011, pp. 73-92; M. De Haas,<br />
Russia’s Foreign Security Policy in the 21st Century: Putin, Medvedev and Beyond, London and New<br />
York, Routledge, 2010.