Come la Russia ha rovesciato la partita strategica: Mosca e la “canaglia”
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Analisi pubblicata per “Asia Times Online” il 29 agosto:
Russia has undoubtedly signaled that it is able to change the military balance in selected regional contexts. For instance, and almost unnoticed by the Western media, Moscow is adding significant arms deals to its energy-cooperation projects with Algeria, in such a way that could dramatically change the regional equilibrium in North Africa (which is - let’s not forget it - included by Washington in the “Greater Middle East”).
But deducing from such a fact that Moscow is structurally hostile to the West would be a serious mistake. On the contrary, Russia’s tough message is a call for a fresh start in the Russo-Western security relations on a global scale.
As a consequence, the US and its Western allies should reconsider their strategic ties with Moscow. Thinking that it is possible to enlarge NATO and the EU by following an exclusively Western agenda, and by ignoring Russian security concerns, will only push Putin and his followers toward a more unfriendly foreign-policy strategy, behind the diplomatic jargon and the official stances, with dire consequences for global stability.
