Contents Opinion & Analysis

7 How to Avoid Europe’s Disintegration

Ivan Krastev There is a new trend that is developing in Europe – a rebellion against the elite. In my view, this rebellion represents the biggest challenge that Europe faces today.

13 Farewell, Europe

Lyudmila Ulitskaya I am not involved in politics, but I say what I think when asked. It is for this reason that I have been identified as an element of the “fifth column” in Russia. I am accused of hating my country, but I have no hatred in myself, just shame and helplessness.

19 DOUBLETAKE:

Does Russia divide Europe? Judy Dempsey Because of its inability to influence real change in Russia, both Germany and its European partners need to think long and hard about what kind of security strategy they need for and with Russia. This is also something that NATO yet needs to consider, and which the EU can no longer continue to ignore. How Global is the Ukrainian Conflict? 26 Russia is not our “Frenemy”

Iulian Fota

28 In the Network Age, the Real

Battle for Ukraine is Global John Kornblum

30 Divide and Conquer

Robert Kupiecki

32 Towards a #UkraineDeal?

Dominik P. Jankowski

35 There is still much Work to be Done

Merle Maigre

37 A Regional War that may Turn Global

Jelena Milić

39 Common but Differentiated Concerns

Ippeita Nishida

45 Reconciliation: Europe’s impossible and necessary task Stefan Auer

53 Can we ever be Brothers Again?

Oleg Kozlovsky

61 Reconciliation Begins at Home

A conversation with Mykhailo Cherenkov

68 Diplomacy of Pastoral Letters

Paweł Kowal

78 Why Peaceful Conflict

Resolution Matters Ketevan Tsikhelashvili

89 Why Crimea is still Legally a Part of Ukraine Przemysław Roguski Part of the challenge in forming a clear and coherent European policy response to Russia’s actions towards Ukraine are the differences in public perception among the EU member states of what exactly happened in Ukraine. International law, however, provides an unequivocal answer to the question of how to assess and understand the current status of Crimea, setting a legal framework under which a policy towards Russia should operate.

98 The Eastern Partnership’s

Swan Song Adam Balcer The Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Riga in May 2015 can be regarded as the beginning of the end of the EaP. Its conclusions showed that the EU has lost touch with reality.