Contents Foreword9 Peter W. Schulze Introduction: Quo Vadis Europe-The End of a Dream?11 Wendelin Ettmayer Part I: A Comprehensive Peace Order in Europe: Myths, Narratives, Mistakes, and Perspectives The Future of the EU: What Is at Stake?23 Walter Schwimmer Pendulum: The EU's Political Choices Beyond Exclusive Transatlanticism35 Raffaele Marchetti Core Europe: Overcoming the EU's Existential Crisis53 Winfried Veit Europe's Commonwealth: Greater Europe Beyond Core EU and Economic Eurasia71 Adrian Pabst Russia and the West: Ideas For Better Times95 Klaus Wittmann Restarting the Dialogue for European Peace? Chances and Limitations of Western Politics105 Martin Hoffmann Part II: Europe in a Globalised Environment: Threats of Terrorism, Migration, and Border Conflicts and the Need for Security Assurances Germany, Russia, and the Future of Security in Europe111 Vasily Fedortsev Steps Toward a Collective European Security Policy: A Proposal for a Roadmap135 Peter W. Schulze Smaller and Larger Nations: Concert of Big Powers or Fair Balance of Interests? Conflicting Geostrategic Concepts for Europe's Security157 Karsten D. Voigt Part III: From Greater Europe to Greater Eurasia: Science, Transport, Trade, and Infrastructure as Means of Connecting the Continent European Energy Security: Challenges in Diversifying and Decarbonising the Energy Fuel Mix165 Lutz Mez Greater Eurasia: Perceptions from Russia, the European Union, and China177 Anna Kuznetsova The New Silk Road and Eurasia's Reconnection: Implications for Europe and Germany197 Jacopo Maria Pepe Notes on Contributors221 Index223