Managing a Multipolar Europe (Mark Leonard, Project-Syndicate)

People used to think that the most important decisions affecting Europe were made in Paris, Berlin, or Brussels. But in recent months, as the European Union has confronted the refugee crisis, and the Syrian conflict that is fueling it, Moscow and Ankara have come to the fore. And the EU is divided on how to deal with its two disgruntled neighbors, Russia and Turkey, both of which feel increasingly snubbed by the West.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eu-relations-russia-turkey-by-mark-leonard-2016-09