Introduction

Europe faces twin strategic challenges of global terrorism and old fashioned state power rivalry. Great power politics, especially as represented by russia, and strategic terrorism descended on europe at the same time. What one actor in such a game does has implications for the other actor. If one chooses passivity, doing nothing that is also strategically relevant, does it mean appeasement? Is it mere reaction without any plan, or the opposite? These questions are essential to assessing how europe responds. This paper analyzes what strategic interaction, thinking and action require given the challenges at hand.