The SIPRI Update for January 2015 is out now—read it online, or subscribe to receive the SIPRI Update in your inbox each month.
In this issue we present an essay by Ian Anthony on the strategic challenge posed by Russia to the European Union. He writes:
The current pattern of Russian behaviour has been labelled inconsistent with the norms, values and laws that make up the European security order—to the point where EU leaders stress that relations with Russia cannot be ‘business as usual’. However, it is not obvious how European leaders can come together around a positive, action-oriented approach based on a shared view of what they wish to achieve in the relationship with Russia, or how they intend to make any agreed strategy operational.
Read the full essay online or browse the full list of SIPRI Essays from 2009 to 2015.