Russia, the European Union and NATO

Michael Staack is a professor at Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, Germany.

• Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Dissent over the Organisation of International Order in a Multipolar World 3. The Integration and Security Dilemma in Europe 4. Germany’s Key Role and the Redefinition of its Policy Towards Russia in the 2016 White Paper 5. Managing Antagonism, Containing Escalation, Gradually Building Confidence 5.1 Confidence Building Measures and Arms Control 5.2 Political dialogue with full use of the options provided by the OSCE5.3 Track II dialogues5.4 Strengthening the connection between societies: science, tourism, culture, local partnerships 5.5 Eurasian connectivity in the One Belt, One Road Initiative as an area of cooperation 5.6 Conclusions