European Security Space: the Problem with Ukraine

... Medvedev-Merkel Memorandum of Meseberg in June 2010 on the establishment of Russia-EU foreign policy and security committee), will not provide in the foreseeable future opportunities for solving the Ukraine crisis by revisiting the philosophy of Wider Europe. The Wider Europe project is aimed at establishing equal cooperation between the United States, the European Union. Russia is unlikely to have any strategic interest for Washington. On the other hand, the domestic European conflict is bolstering the U.S.’s position in Europe through a situation where its strategic priorities are moving away from ...