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Thanks to @ischinger and MSC team's efforts, the @MunSecConf discussion on Russia-West relations last week was clear-eyed and sobering. Couple of quick observations and thoughts. 1/
Thanks to @ischinger and MSC team's efforts, the @MunSecConf discussion on Russia-West relations last week was clear-eyed and sobering. Couple of quick observations and thoughts. 1/
https://twitter.com/MunSecConf/status/1397848961449398277
2/ By now Western diplomats & experts know 🇷🇺 official talking points so well that they are able to draft perfect statements for @mfa_russia or the Kremlin. Of course, the opposite is true as well: people in Moscow are sick and tired of predictable Western arguments too.
3/ The root of🇷🇺 desire to use conversations for lecturing Western counterparts is clear: it's a deplorable state of foreign policy debate, and the goal is to please the listener in the Kremlin. Unfortunately, this desire is most of the times reciprocated. carnegie.ru/commentary/590…
4/ Not that we shouldn't continue this entertaining conversation, but we need to abandon hopes that attempts to unpack mutual grievances between Russia and the West can bring us any closer at this moment. Not even when some very smart women&men from both sides are in the room.
5/ Instead of trying to solve various fundamental problems at this point, our time should first and foremost be dedicated to clear communication of red lines and risk management. Discussions on strategic stability fall into that category.
6/ Some pragmatic recommendations on how to implement this approach for making 🇷🇺🇪🇺less toxic by @DmitriTrenin: carnegie.ru/commentary/839…
7/ Similar pragmatic recommendations for 🇺🇸🇷🇺 ties from @CarnegieEndow colleagues @eugene_rumer & @andrewsweiss from the other side of the Atlantic: carnegieendowment.org/2021/03/09/bac…
8/ Solving the differences would require fundamental changes in Russia, the West, or both. Couple of months back @sguriev & I have discussed how these changes could look on the 🇷🇺 side (in Russian only, but English version coming soon). END
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