European Strategy in the 21st Century: New Future for Old Power (Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy)

by Sven Biscop

But if it hadn’t been for the EU’s precipitation towards Ukraine and its well-nigh unconscious, a-strategic use of its economic power, we might not have found ourselves in such a severe crisis with Russia. The comparison with those sleepwalking into World War One is not that far-fetched (Clark, 2012).