🇷🇺🌐 Russian policy is interpreted in the West very primitively.
The Western narrative is that the Russian leadership is trying to recreate the Soviet Union and sees a need for constant expansion. A distorted interpretation of the motives of Russian foreign policy has led to the fact that the ground for a systemic crisis has arisen in Europe.
The United States saw the main goal of its European policy as supporting the maximalist demands of the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Poland against Russia. The military-political interests of France, Germany or, say, Portugal turned out to be less significant than the complaints of Estonia and Lithuania toward Moscow.
❓However, is it possible to create a stable security system based on the requirements of small countries with maximalist demands?
What will happen if Russia responds with a symmetrical argument? For example: “Cuba is our most important foreign policy priority. Until Cuba’s security is guaranteed, we will not discuss any other issues with the US.” This is exactly what the United States is doing now with respect to Russia.
📝 In order to stop Europe’s slide into a major military crisis, vigorous efforts are needed to achieve a political settlement between Russia and NATO, Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov writes.
🔗 We Need to Resolve the Pending Crisis in Europe Now
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The Western narrative is that the Russian leadership is trying to recreate the Soviet Union and sees a need for constant expansion. A distorted interpretation of the motives of Russian foreign policy has led to the fact that the ground for a systemic crisis has arisen in Europe.
The United States saw the main goal of its European policy as supporting the maximalist demands of the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Poland against Russia. The military-political interests of France, Germany or, say, Portugal turned out to be less significant than the complaints of Estonia and Lithuania toward Moscow.
❓However, is it possible to create a stable security system based on the requirements of small countries with maximalist demands?
What will happen if Russia responds with a symmetrical argument? For example: “Cuba is our most important foreign policy priority. Until Cuba’s security is guaranteed, we will not discuss any other issues with the US.” This is exactly what the United States is doing now with respect to Russia.
📝 In order to stop Europe’s slide into a major military crisis, vigorous efforts are needed to achieve a political settlement between Russia and NATO, Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov writes.
🔗 We Need to Resolve the Pending Crisis in Europe Now
#ModernDiplomacy #EuropeanSecurity #WorldOrder
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
Valdai Club
We Need to Resolve the Pending Crisis in Europe Now
After seven years, we have to admit that Russian policy is interpreted in the West very primitively. The Western narrative is that the Russian leadership is trying to recreate the Soviet Union and sees a need for constant expansion. A distorted interpretation…
🛡️ The question of the European security system has boiled down to its hard realist basis: where will the line between Russia and NATO be drawn?
Europe, like the rest of the collective West, believes that this line should run along the eastern border of the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and Russia – along its western border.
In the spring of 2024, we can confidently say that the West has been unable to defeat Russia as it wanted and now it is concerned with ensuring that Russia “does not win.” So, in the future, for years, if not decades to come, security in Europe will be determined by the balance of power along the line of contact between Russia and NATO.
Russia will do everything to maintain this balance for its part, writes Nikolai Silaev, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Caucasus Problems and Regional Security, MGIMO University.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-guns-are-heard-better/
📍 This article continues the discussion of the prospects for European security on our website.
#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #EuropeanSecurity
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Europe, like the rest of the collective West, believes that this line should run along the eastern border of the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and Russia – along its western border.
In the spring of 2024, we can confidently say that the West has been unable to defeat Russia as it wanted and now it is concerned with ensuring that Russia “does not win.” So, in the future, for years, if not decades to come, security in Europe will be determined by the balance of power along the line of contact between Russia and NATO.
Russia will do everything to maintain this balance for its part, writes Nikolai Silaev, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Caucasus Problems and Regional Security, MGIMO University.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-guns-are-heard-better/
📍 This article continues the discussion of the prospects for European security on our website.
#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #EuropeanSecurity
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