Post-COVID-19 European Strategic Opportunities: An Inquiry into Strategic Great Power

In the Post COVID-19 pandemic strategic environment, the virus's influence on European strategic factors of the economy, political unity, and human security indicate vulnerabilities in the European cooperative security environment. These conditions offer the Russian Federation a rare strategic opportunity. The US's predominant approach toward the Russian Federation has been to attempt to build deeper partnerships and include the federation in the international order as an effective partner. However, the US strategic approach toward Russia has changed since that country adopted a more aggressive, opportunistic, and risky strategic approach. Additionally, because of the ubiquitous nature of the COVID-19 virus, Russia may realize it has a rare opportunity in the European strategic areas of interest to disrupt the institutions and organizations that prevent Russia from achieving its strategic objectives to erode the United States global influence.