Despite all odds, Europe has managed to remain united and firm on its policy towards Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in 2014. But what are the forces that could undermine this policy and what would be the consequences of such an unravelling? This paper presents four doomsday scenarios for how Europe’s policy towards Russia could collapse.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Ukraine-European Union Relations
Ukraine-U.S. Relations
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Gustav Gressel, Fredrik Wesslau: The great unravelling – four doomsday scenarios for Europe’s Russia policy
From left: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Britains Prime Minister Theresa May, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (unseen) sit around a table during the G7 Summit of the Heads of State and of Government in Taormina, Sicily, on May 26.
