title: Conflict Transformation and the Russia&amp;ndash;Ukraine Crisis
abstract: The rapid deterioration of Russia&amp;ndash;Ukraine relations in 2014 has reopened a discussion amongst European policymakers and experts about whether Putin's Russia can still be considered a reliable security partner. Russia's flagrant violation of the Budapest Agreement in annexing Crimea seems to indicate the opposite. Retrospectively, it looks as if Europe and Russia have missed their chance to transform the previous Cold War order into a trusted relationship. A new East&amp;ndash;West conf
journal: NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics