An air of fatalism has overtaken relations with Russia. Western sanctions and the intransigent Russian response have produced a downward spiral. Experts on both sides now anticipate a long cold spell. The need to reverse the slide towards a new Cold War has never been more urgent.
The Pentagon has proposed a quadrupling of U.S. military expenditure in Europe to combat the “number one global threat” facing the U.S. Russia too is rearming, posturing militarily, and reminding the West that it will not balk at using nuclear weapons. The conflict in Ukraine grumbles on, with little sign that the Minsk Agreement …read more
Source: European Voice
