Russia has become, on most issues, a status-quo power. But at a regional level and vis-a-visour nations, it increasingly acts as a revisionist one. It challengesour claims to our own historical experiences. It asserts a privilegedposition in determining our security choices. It uses overt and covertmeans of economic warfare, ranging from energy blockades andpolitically motivated investments to bribery and media manipulation inorder to advance its interests and to challenge the transatlanticorientation of central and eastern Europe.