Tedo Japaridze
Security, Eurasia
The road to Warsaw is not a narrative of confrontation with Russia.
This year’s Warsaw Summit in July focuses on stability beyond “our borders.” The notion of stability is straightforward. Euro-Atlantic partners want to contain the dangers emerging from failed states on the periphery of Europe and seek the means to address “traditional” security concerns. In trying to encapsulate these challenges in a manner that is “diplomatic,” there is often a tendency to resort to historical analogies with the Cold War.
That is wrong. A comparison with the interwar period is much more fitting.
Russia is not the USSR and …read more
Source: The National Interest
