Russia, the West and Ukraine: A View from Moscow

Autor(en): Sergey Markedonov
Herausgeber: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 162
Seiten: 2-5
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publikationsjahr: 2015

Today Russia and the West face the most severe crisis in their relations since the end of the Cold War. The West accuses Russia of violating international law in Ukraine, while Russia claims that the West violated similar laws earlier in the Balkans and Middle East. Today's confrontation is not a new Cold War, but grows out of different accounts of what violates the world order and international law. Ultimately weakening Russia will not serve the interests of the US and the EU as they seek to address challenges from a rising China and growing Islamist terrorist threats. To exit the current stalemate, Russia and the West must no longer be held hostage by the Ukrainian situation, so that they can restore full diplomatic discussions.

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