Abstract: This paper rejects the narrative of an inevitable Euro-Russian ideological clash. Utilizing a realist balance-of-power calculus, it argues that Europe and Russia possess complementary strategic and economic interests that naturally favor continental integration. Instead, the current hostility is an artificial distortion driven by two forces: an exogenous American grand

Abstract: This paper rejects the narrative of an inevitable Euro-Russian ideological clash. Utilizing a realist balance-of-power calculus, it argues that Europe and Russia possess complementary strategic and economic interests that naturally favor continental integration. Instead, the current hostility is an artificial distortion driven by two forces: an exogenous American grand

Abstract: This paper rejects the narrative of an inevitable Euro-Russian ideological clash. Utilizing a realist balance-of-power calculus, it argues that Europe and Russia possess complementary strategic and economic interests that naturally favor continental integration. Instead, the current hostility is an artificial distortion driven by two forces: an exogenous American grand