Atlanticists mostly believe Russia is part of Europe. Russia is therefore a threat to European security.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/07/02/why-isnt-russia-part-of-europe-op-ed-a47864

"It is no secret that many Western Europeans do not consider Russia a part of Europe. And they are right. They sometimes follow that statement with the atavistic idea that Russia is a country to both scorn and fear. However justified or debatable those
ideas might be today, they are completely absurd from a historical perspective.

But that is how people are made: they tend to see only what is happening right now. They forget the past and cannot predict the future. And, of course, many ideas that gain currency are later relegated to the dust heap of history."

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