The main task of the West has become the transformation of Russia from his opponent in ally in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall, as the current confrontation steadily lead to long-term deterioration of Russian-American and Russian-European relations, writes.
The US and the European Union are obliged to forget that there are many major international issues which cannot be solved without Russia's help. Among them is the oversight of non - proliferation of nuclear weapons, the development of measures on fight with criminality, protection of the Arctic, the fight against climate change and others. The magazine proposes to wonder what will happen if Russia and the West will accept each loved one is not as partners in the decision of such questions, but as enemies.
This situation can persist for years, because it is naive to believe that the relations of Russia with the European Union and the USA will be able to normal immediately after the end of Ukrainian fall, warns The National Interest.
Also, be aware that the use of " economic weapon " in the form of sanctions against Russia could adversely affect all long-term economic development strategy of the West. The deterioration of Russian-American relations can benefit from China, and most of the country is to turn the attention to alternative economic institutions, in particular, the BRICS.
The most reasonable for the West, such as the United States, is to abandon the " arduous efforts "aimed at isolating Russia, and calculate how it will change the International situation in the coming decades, if Moscow and Washington will become bitter rivals, writes the magazine.
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