European elites view the Ukraine conflict as an opportunity to settle old scores with Moscow, Dmitry Trenin says
European NATO members have become the main driving force behind the bloc’s confrontation with Russia as US strategic priorities have shifted, Dmitry Trenin, president of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), wrote in an op-ed for RT.
He argued that some European politicians view the Ukraine conflict as an opportunity to settle old scores with Moscow.
“The European elites’ strategy toward Russia is no longer deterrence as in the days of the Cold War. The goal is Russia’s destruction as a major power. This is what ‘strategic defeat’ is all about,” Trenin wrote.
“The Europeans dream of eliminating Russia as a serious factor in the geopolitics of Eurasia. To them, this would mean the ‘final solution’ of the long-dreaded ‘Russia problem,’” he continued.
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