Not since the lead up to the Iraq War when Donald Rumsfeld divided “old” and “new” Europe like a sledgehammer, has the EU faced a more divisive challenge than that of Russia. Such is the point of departure for a very valuable new report published by the European Council on Foreign Relations, a new Soros-backed think tank which is dedicated to promoting European unity. I highly recommend you read it. Despite Europe having three-and-a-half-times the population of Russia, ten times the military spending, and an economy 15 times as large, there remains an enormous reluctance among EU members to exercise any power vis-à-vis Russia. The authors of the report have collected data from a wide range of interviews with high ranking bureaucrats and diplomats across European governments, and offer a “power audit” to help guide policy and remind Europeans that they aren’t quite as weak as they may think.