title: Acknowledgments
abstract: This book represents the outcome of a conversation we began in 2018 based on the observation of the constantly deteriorating relationship between the Euro-Atlantic community and Russia, following the latter's annexation of Crimea in 2014.This discord was exacerbated in March 2018 by the events in Salisbury, UK and the attempted murder of the former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia with Novichok and the death of Dawn Sturgess.This led to British accusat
journal: Manchester University Press eBooks