CIAO DATE: 07/02

Russia's Security Policy & EU-Russian Relations

Foreword

In their oral presentation, the three paper-givers were more particularly urged to give their views on: 1) the durability of President Putin's policy of modernisation "within the West" if Western, and specifically US, quid-pro-quos were seen to be lacking; 2) the extent of potential EU-Russian relations, notably in security terms; to what extent would Kaliningrad be a test case for EU-Russian relations? and how well is the EU organised to handle the relationship? and 3) what kind of division of labour could be worked out between the US, the EU and Russia in terms of managing security in what Angela Stent has called the "post-Soviet space"?

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