Unpacking Europe: What does Putin want with Europe?

Ian Bond, Ruth Deyermond
16 October 2026

Ian Bond, deputy director of the CER spoke with Ruth Deyermond, Senior Lecturer in Post-Soviet Security, Department of War Studies, King's College London about Russia and the US and European relations with Russia.

They also discussed Ian’s recent paper ‘Resist, constrain and change: A European strategy for relations with Russia’ published earlier this month. 

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