Saturday, December 29, 2018

Warnings From Eurasia

National Interest: Warnings From Eurasia

Perhaps the globe will muddle through the coming crises—and avoid major disasters—but perhaps not.

One of the major blind spots in how the U.S. national security apparatus responds to and formulates policy for issues that arise across the Eurasian heartland is how the American government has chosen to bureaucratically define the region.

Namely: the continued inclusion of Russia within the diplomatic confines of a larger European bureau has intellectually limited assessments about Russia’s position in the world by framing Russian action primarily through a European lens.

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WNU Editor:  There is unfortunately not much attention being paid by the West to what is happening in central Eurasia. This is a mistake as the above article points out.

2 comments:

  1. Well, I have a mix feeling about that. May be I'm wrong.

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  2. "There is unfortunately not much attention being paid by the West to..."

    No, there is an internecine war going on inside the Beltway. Of course they do not have time. They are busy drawing up literal proscription lists in the Beltway and outside the Beltway (Google and others).

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