Steven Everts' op-ed in NRC

"On [the European] side, there is a tendency to overestimate Russia's strength and underestimate Putin's hostility. [...] We can do more to develop countervailing power, and actively reduce the Kremlin's capacity to harm our security and freedom," writes our Director Steven Everts in NRC (in Dutch), presenting 'Unpowering Russia', our newly released strategic playbook on how Europe can shift from defence to disruption.

"Perhaps the biggest problem is not in Moscow but in ourselves: in how we see our own power and capabilities. The EU has all sorts of things, but no surplus of strategic sense or political guts. Those who want to curb power must dare to use power themselves - Europe can and must do so now."