The temporary rapprochement between Russia and the West after the 9/11 terrorist attacks quickly diminished and gave way to a dynamic of mutual delimitation and confrontation. The relationship between Russia and the United States, NATO, and EU are encumbered by the U.S. National Missile Defense plans, unsolved questions regarding the future of the NATO expansion, and the competition for influence in the European middle zone. Whilst the "reset" initiated by U.S. president Obama led to an atmospheric detente in the Russian-Western relationship, the behavior on both sides remains characterized by distrust and risk prevention.
In HSFK Report No. 6/2010 "Reset Revisited - The Future of European Security" Matthias Dembinski, Barbara Schumacher und Hans-Joachim Spanger analyze the current status of the Russian-Western relationship, including the West’s security institutions NATO and EU. Based on this analysis, the authors develop recommendations that aim at achieving expectancy stability between the two sides and which are likely to be achieved within the expected and desired transformation of NATO.
The Report is available at PRIF for 6,- EUR and can be downloaded as freepdf-file.