The recent incident in Georgia where it was nearly occupied by the marauding Russian army had sent chilling effect to the other former SovietRepublics that the old Russia is back. The former “Evil Empire” ultimately relayed a message to the world that they mean business and they are ready to protect their interests within its borders.
For Medvedev and Putin, Russia is intolerable to the West’s close ties on its neighbors and former Soviet territories. The Russians sees it as destabilizing the region. Russia sounds the alarm bells and warned the West not to make plans that would complicate the already volatile situation in the area.
For kibitzer like me who followed the Soviet infamous saga by reading news stories, the world is facing yet another crisis developing in the horizon. I am thinking what would be the reaction of the famous Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists which is based in Chicago if they already adjusted their Doomsday Clock.
This is scary because Russia and the West especially the US possess war arsenal that could unleash massive death and destruction to the rest of the world. The Russians have their Mother of all Bombs, SS missiles, MiG jets, nuclear bombs and other advanced weaponry.
To avoid the Doomsday Clock from moving its minute hand to few minutes to doomsday, the West and the US should not match Russia with bellicose rhetoric. The West must maintain its arsenal of diplomacy to aptly support détente as the core of its dealing with Russia.
But the West and the US should not be prevented by Russia to deliver its message of peace. For, peace as the core of the message, is not mean to say that democracy to Georgia and to other former SovietRepublics must be stopped by “Russian Roulette.” Russia must learn how to maintain and accept détente.
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