The British flag over the embassy in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, Feb. 12 British political scientist Anatole Lieven, in an article for Foreign Policy magazine, declared the «failure» of the West's attempt to exclude Russia from Europe. The author of the publication recalled the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the country part of European community.» Russia is too big, too strong, and too interested in good neighborliness to be excluded from the European security system. If this policy of the West continues, Russia will want to return. At best, this will lead to recurring and very dangerous crises, and in the worst is war,» Lieven said. The political scientist stressed that NATO and the EU can no longer ignore Moscow's key national interests. However, in his opinion, the establishment of peace in Europe is still possible through diplomacy. the traditional non-aggression pact between NATO and the CSTO, in which the parties promise not to attack each other. They already have no such intentions, but if this is fixed on paper, mutual paranoia will disappear, and the power circles on both sides will lose the ability to use this paranoia for domestic political purposes,» the author of the article explained. Lieven also noted that NATO and the EU have exhausted their opportunities to move east, and Brussels does not need Ukraine with its poverty, corruption and weak government.
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