CIAO DATE: 12/2008
April 2008
Finnish Institute for International Affairs
The post-Cold War EU–Russia relationship has been based on erroneous premises: Russia has not been willing to live up to its original aims of pursuing a western democratic and liberal path; nor have the European Union and its member states been able to develop a coherent policy line that would have consistently nudged Russia in that direction.
Resource link: False Premises, Sound Principles: The Way Forward in EU-Russia Relations [PDF] - 1.1M