RUSSIA’S AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE AS A TURNING POINT: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION INTO A SECURITY ACTOR IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EUROPEAN SECURITY ORDER
Journal: Studia Politica Romanian Political Science Review
Year: 2024

The process which started with the annexation of Crimea in 2014 has caused a deep stress in the European security order. Russia has not only threatened the European security architecture, but for the first time, Russia has openly challenged it through its actions. As such, the war in Ukraine was a turning point in both international relations and European security policy. Accordingly, the European Union (EU) has altered its foreign and security policy. Until then, the EU had acted within the fra