Dear Madam or Sir,

as a result of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, Russian-Western relations are on the lowest level since the end of the Cold War. In our latest working paper, Marek Menkisak finds Russia’s current strategic goals in Europe to be unacceptable for the West. He holds that any improvements were unrealistic as long as the Putin administration remains in power and recommends various measures to both enhance the Western community’s resilience and strengthen its neighbours in Eastern Europe.

The Security Policy Working Papers are intended to stimulate debate and help explain current issues.

They can be found on our website: https://www.baks.bund.de/en/working-papers

We hope you enjoy reading them!

Best regards,

Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp

President
Federal Academy for Security Policy