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I didn't mean to imply a threat to Russia here. It is simply that there is an institutional memory at work. The US continues to regard what remains of the USSR, that is Russia, as an adversary. The initiative of placing missile interceptors on ex-Soviet territory raises red flags with the Kremlin. Naturally there will be a countermove, and Belarus is that much closer to NATO and the EU. The political posturing will continue until Russia re-aligns with it's old republic members or China develops stronger relations with those ex- Soviet states, or a pan islamic movement solidifies what now exists.
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