Alexey Bogdanovsky. A group of military and civilian experts held in the U.S. strategic command-staff game, which recommended that the administration move to compete with Russia, trying to seize the strategic initiative in relations with Moscow and taking a course to contain Russia. a report on the results of the exercises was promulgated on the first day of the week at the Center for strategic and international studies in Washington. The exercise was held at the War College the U.S. army in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In command-staff participation Russia experts from the state Department and expert centers in the US, Military personnel and Military Experts, Russia experts from American universities, as well as Russian-speaking correspondents. In the game involved 3 teams played for the Russian Federation, the second for the U.S., and the third acted as a mediator. Experts from the state Department and the Pentagon played for both teams. "Moscow has consistently strives to create a frozen conflict, mutually exclusive bilateral relations, privileged and non-transparent economic transactions, but also to the creation of friendly forces, ready to promote Russian desires, all of this is in the interests of "victory" over the West, " say the authors of the report on the results of the game. "Current U.S. policy describes the Russian Federation as a competitor and at the same time cooperation partner. In reality, it is Clear that the U.S. and Russia are deeply competitive against each other, the most in regard to the "near abroad" Russia, NATO, Asia and the Arctic. Clear U.S. policy that emphasizes the competitive nature 2 systems, is a necessary step to intercept strategic proposals, " added the Experts. during the game, was seen six hypothetical scenarios: maintaining the status quo, the EU is very quickly reduce the energy supplies from Russia, the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the incident in the Baltic States amid rising nationalism in Russia, a coup in Russia and attempts to exit the drop-off in the West's relations with Russia. According to the experts, Russia's actions in 2014 " caught US by surprise ", and Russia acted "beyond traditional borders" of the conflict, taking advantage of the divisions within NATO and between the U.S. and the EU. These differences incessantly interfered with the American team. The military and the Experts recommended that the U.S. non-stop to remind about the fact that they guarantee the security of NATO allies under article 5 of the NATO Charter. "at the same time, Washington must also explain the desire of the USA to the Ukraine crisis, otherwise it may continue to create confusion among the European allies," explained the authors of the report. "The game led to four considerations. U.S. must move from a focus on the interaction approach to a more competitive approach with respect to Russia, it is obvious to state its position on Russia, Eastern Europe and Ukraine, to challenge Russia in the competition for ideas and influence, and take into account national election cycles 2016 and 2018, " the report read.