"An End to the Russian Chill"
Jonathan Steele, The Guardian | November 12, 2008
In 2003 the EU created a “security strategy;” the first draft didn’t even mention Russia. ++ For better or worse, it’s time to revise that plan. ++ The one good side effect from the war with Georgia is that it allowed Merkel and Sarkozy, “the only EU leaders with the independence of mind to declare that European and US strategic interests often diverge,” the opportunity to legitimately question NATO expansion. ++ As EU talks with Russia over a new cooperation agreement resume, Obama should be leery of continuing “Bush's provocations.”
