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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Richard Sakwa — West could sleepwalk into a Doomsday war with Russia – it’s time to wake up

It is pointless to speculate what a war between Russia and the Atlantic community would look like, or even how it would start. This really would be a war to end all wars, since there would be no one left to fight another war. The emphasis now must be on averting such a doomsday scenario, and for that there must be honest recognition of earlier mistakes by all sides, and the beginning a new and more substantive process of engagement.
The endless prolongation of sanctions and a rhetoric of violence and scapegoating creates an atmosphere where a small incident could easily spiral out of control. It is the responsibility of our generation to ensure that it never happens.…
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West could sleepwalk into a Doomsday war with Russia – it’s time to wake up
Richard Sakwa | Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent

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