ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores the interrelation between various forms of power and the choices made in favor of this or that power instrument. It defines the main distinction between forms of power in international relations as the distinction between coercion and authority. Coercion is attractive as a form of power. In the Ukrainian crisis Moscow has from the beginning appeared to have the initiative; its turn to coercion in international relations was and continues to be Russia's means of practicing its revisionist approach in foreign policy. In recent years the EU has been much concerned with the development of its Global Strategy. The term 'global' indicates the scale of its operation, so the EU Global Strategy could be defined as the use of power to secure the existence of the Union, and the ways of projecting EU influence globally.
