Small Baltic states and the Euro-Atlantic security community

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tives of Brussels’ eastern neighbors and the progressive decline of the Eastern Partnership as an effective multilateral framework. Overall, when navigating through the different chapters and sections of the handbook, the need for a more harmonized structure emerges, as it could well balance the richness and diversity of the various contributions. In general, I feel that the Routledge Handbook of EU–Russia Relations succeeds in its stated ambition to ‘offer a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in relations between the EU and Russia’ (iii), despite the necessary caveats and imperfect match with a fast-changing geopolitical reality. The volume is highly recommended – and is possibly a necessary complement for scholars, students, researchers, policymakers, and journalists. Overall, Romanova and Maxine and the contributing authors succeed in developing a rich, diverse, and well-crafted guide to EU–Russia relations that avoids the risks of oversimplification or redundancy.