Dvornychenko, Darina Yu.Barskyi, Vadym R.Барський, Вадим РудольфовичБарский, Вадим Рудольфович2019-12-272019-12-272019Challenges, risks and threats forsecurity in Europe : 11th Network Europe Conference (Warsaw, 19th - 22nd May 2019). – Zürich, 2019.https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26985Five years have passed since the Russian Federation annexed the Crimea. The annexation of the Crimea by the Kremlin turned out to be the most serious breach of European borders since the Second World War. Russia violated the fundamental principles of international law, its international obligations and bilateral agreements with Ukraine. The annexation has sharply increased instability of the European security environment, created new dividing lines and greatly enhanced the risk of the destruction of the existing world order. A proper understanding of how the annexation of the Crimea affected Europe’s policy and shaped its response can provide essential insights to measure the effectiveness of its approach to ensuring the European security.enAnnexation of the CrimeaEU Member StatesSecurity Policy of GermanySecurity Policy of FranceSecurity Policy of ItalySecurity Policy of GreeceSecurity Policy of the Visegrad GroupSecurity Policy of the Baltic StatesBook chapter