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The Russian Challenge: 'The West must face up to Putin – or Nato and the EU could collapse' | “Moscow and the West have competing, conflicting and entirely incompatible agendas,” the report says. “Second, Putin is a fundamentally anti-Western leader whose serial disregard for the truth has destroyed his credibility as a negotiating partner.” - West 'must strengthen forces in face of Russia' | The report - whose authors include two former ambassadors to Moscow, Sir Roderic Lyne and Sir Andrew Wood - is scathing about the failure of Western leaders to foresee the crisis in Ukraine, accusing them of "collective amnesia". - West 'must hike forces over Russia' | » West 'must hike forces over Russia' 04/06/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks

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The Russian Challenge Chatham House Report Keir Giles, Philip Hanson, Roderic Lyne, James Nixey, James Sherr and Andrew Wood West 'must hike forces over Russia' Thursday June 4 th , 2015  at  1:41 PM 1 Share The West urgently needs to strengthen its conventional military forces in the face of continued aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a leading foreign affairs think-tank is warning. A major study by Chatham House said the conflict in Ukraine - where Moscow is backing separatist rebels against the government in Kiev - would be a "defining factor" for the future security of Europe. It warned that any unravelling of the settlement that has endured since the end of the Cold War could lead to the collapse of both the Nato alliance and the European Union. The report suggested the outbreak of a wider European conflict could even see Moscow use tactical nuclear weapons, which have been a significant part of Ru