Europe Wonders if It Can Square Its Need for Russia With a Distaste for Putin
Aug 18th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: WorldThere is a split between “old and new Europe” — roughly Western and Eastern Europe, said Clifford Kupchan, a director of the Eurasia Group. New Europe, backed by Britain and Scandinavia, is taking a harder line toward Russia, while old Europe “will only be reinforced in its view that Georgia and Ukraine are not ready for NATO.”