Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard following their talks in Moscow, Russia, on April 28, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
TASS: Lavrov: Russia-West relations are worse than in Cold War era
Russia's top diplomat voiced the hope people in the West were aware of how precarious this situation was
MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Relations between Moscow and the West are worse than in the Cold War era, because before there were certain communication channels between the parties concerned and no obsession with Russophobia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the BBC in an interview. An extract from the interview was published on Monday.
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Update #1: Russian minister: U.S.-Russia ties worse than during Cold War (AP)
Update #2: Top Russia diplomat: At least during the Cold War, there was 'mutual respect' with US (The Hill)
WNU Editor: I disagree with the Russian Foreign Minister that current relations are worse than the Cold War. But it is bad, and it is getting worse.
The worst thing was the Cuban missile kerfufful. Second only to the 1984 Korean Air shoot down. The Russians did something similar a couple years ago too. But no. The relations between Russia and the US are not as bad as then.
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ReplyDeleteAre relations better or worse? I was very young during Cold War 1 then it abruptly ended. As such, my frame of reference could be off.
ReplyDeleteRight now it seems things are much worse. From what I do know about Cold War 1, the Russians seemed to respect us much more than now and the feeling seemed mutual. Perhaps this is because many of the warriors on both sides had fought beside each other against Nazi Germany or they knew people who did. In contrast, today it looks to me like the Russians hold us in utter contempt. Essentially they don't seem to respect us as an equal. The feelings, at least among our leadership class, seems to be mutual. We grossly underestimate them as we do most adversaries or potential adversaries. In this situation, it would seem to me that a major miscalculation on either or both sides is much more likely which could make a catastrophic military confrontation much more likely.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was before my time but by all accounts from family members and friends who lived through this as well the literature on this it was very bad. Fortunately it appears that both sides were communicating and we were able to defuse the situation. It appears to me the Soviet Union allowed the United States to save face allowing us to step down somewhat gracefully. Unfortunately Cuba has been a perpetual thorn in our side ever since. Unfortunately today due to the lack of communication, lack of respect, and lack of maturity on the part of our leadership the risk appears to me to be substantially elevated that we would not be able to maneuver out of a similar situation today and any misunderstandings will be much harder to clarify.
IMHO some of our positions such as support for the chump corrupt Ukrainian government runs contrary to American interests, the expansion of NATO eastward in violation of the understandings that ended Cold War 1, and needlessly provoking Russia via sanctions regarding alleged election interference that scant evidence has been provided in support of are not helping matters and are making the situation must more difficult to resolve.
Cold War 2 is a conflict we don't need, can't readily afford, may not be able to win, and even if we do win there is nothing of value to be gained. Already there are reports of our military being strained under the pressures of Cold War 2. This appears to be part of the plan of Russia, China, and their allies. Essentially they want to wear us out.
Unfortunately American foreign policy is predicated under false assumptions whereby our leaders both overestimate our capabilities while underestimating those of adversaries and potential adversaries. Until this changes the risk of severe miscalculation on our part is quite high. Much of this could be ironed out if our leaders approached foreign policy with sober and clear minds and we had better communication with both Russia and China. Unfortunately they don't respect us and we aren't helping matters in this area. Hopefully this can and will change in the near future. As of right now, I would say definitely much worse than Cold War 1 and would agree with the editor that things are getting worse.