Evolution of the Idea of the "Russian Threat" to the Security of the European Union and NATO
Journal: Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)
Year: 2022

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, the illegal annexation of Crimea, and the Russian proxy-war in the Donbas region of Ukraine, the idea of the Russian threat to the West has emerged in the academia and political discourse. While generally accepted as a serious concern among both Western democracies and international organizations, its conceptual complexity increased with time, to the point that the understanding of which Russian capabilities and foreign activities had to be cons