Russian aggression: Putin's quest for power in the 21st century
Year: 2016

This thesis describes the history of the Soviet Union, the enlargement of the EU and NATO and the possible factors
that have influenced Russia’s decision to commit the invasion of Georgia in 2008 and to annex the Crimea in 2014.
The central question of the research compares the two responses from the EU and more importantly, describes why
the two differ from each other. The central research question of this thesis is: “Why are the EU and NATO
responding differently to Russia’s annexation of