Foreign Policy magazine published an article by writer Stephen Walt, in which he stated that the administration of US President Joe Biden does not understand the importance of Ukraine for Russia. They also made no real effort to prevent war.
A political scientist specializing in international relations at Harvard University said that the current Washington administration “has played a leading role in coordinating the Western response to the Russian private military operation in Ukraine. the final result of these efforts will be.
The hard truth is that the war, if it drags on, will end up with Russia in control of most of the Donbass or all of the Donbass, and the war will leave Ukraine with widespread destruction and the population will decrease, and all this is not an achievement that foreign policy can be proud of. . In his opinion, access to such a result cannot be ruled out.”
“The sad truth is that the Biden administration has done an excellent job of partially solving the problem that it has created,” namely, U.S. officials have spared no effort to deny that the policies of the United States and the West in general were the cause of this tragedy. Available resources will show otherwise.” They made no real effort to prevent the outbreak of war in the country.
Walt said: “It is difficult to judge whether war could have been avoided if the United States and its European allies had tried to address Russian security concerns seriously and with humility and stopped pushing for Ukraine to one day join NATO.
As Walt emphasized, “the failure of the United States to do more to prevent conflict deserves more critical scrutiny than has been done so far.”
Lack of success in diplomacy
Walt noted that Biden promised to pay more attention to diplomacy when he comes to power. But little progress has been made in American foreign policy over the past two years. The political scientist drew attention to the failure to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, and now Tehran is closer than ever to the creation of nuclear weapons, which increases the risk of war in the Middle East, which the US administration and the whole world are not doing now.
According to the political scientist, Biden and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken have been repeatedly humiliated by many allies in the Middle East. For example, Saudi Arabia, in particular, does not contribute to American efforts to put pressure on Russia and continues to move closer to China. In return, the United States “gives up its role as a global peacemaker.”
Walt stressed that Washington is making few attempts to find a common language with Beijing, and the strategic rivalry between the US and China is intensifying.
According to Walt, the Biden administration’s vision of spreading democracy and countering authoritarianism in international politics creates more problems for American diplomacy than it benefits it, which does not help the United States work more effectively with authoritarian states, of which there are more in the world. peace than democratic ones, and may His help be invaluable as the rivalry between the great powers intensifies.
In particular, the journalist noted that the leaders of the EU countries “make trips to Beijing to protect their economic interests.” Federation of Nikolai Patrushev with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held at the end of March.
Source: TASS