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At the end of a tumultuous year, Strategic Europe takes a moment to thank our readers for your inspiration, support, and engagement.

2014 was the year in which most European leaders treated the transatlantic relationship with benign neglect for which they will pay dearly.

A more assertive relationship with Turkey is in store for the European Union, but the assertiveness will likely be both ways.

If European leaders weaken their sanctions on Russia, they will destroy any chance of doing foreign policy and strategy.

Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

The last twelve months have been unusually eventful. Amid the vicissitudes of 2014, highlights include a resurgent Russia, shrewd Scots, and the EU’s underrated foreign policy.

If European countries are to have any credibility in defending human rights, they should go public over their role in collaborating with the CIA on torture.

The EU should abandon the concept of a single set of standards and instruments for all of its neighbors. It is time for a revolution in the European Neighborhood Policy.

European leaders need to set out a new strategy for dealing with Russia and Eastern Europe. Germany holds the key to both.

EU-Turkey relations have grown very fast in recent years. Now, the pair should deepen their relationship by working together on issues that are of vital importance for both.