http://nedosionist.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] nedosionist.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] nedosionist 2016-01-15 05:11 am (UTC)

Frisell wikileaks on EU soft power

6. (C) Frisell pointed out that the Eastern Partnership is not a security policy instrument per se, although its "effects could have benefits for security in the long term" as societal change that moves a country closer to the EU has "security implications." "Profound EU integration is every bit as important as Article 5," he added. Moscow is "agnostic" on European Neighborhood Policy, in part because it has seriously underestimated the impact of soft power. To the extent that the Eastern Parternership's related security cooperation remains "under the Russian radar," it will be successful, he said. The joint-exercises and staff-to-staff talks envisioned would be "on par" with what the EU offered to Russia prior to the Georgia conflict.

https://euobserver.com/news/31941
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08STOCKHOLM792_a.html
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