Well, I’m up far too early, so I may as well tweet about the US-Russia discussions happening in #Geneva today.
I’ve been reluctant to comment too much on the growing tensions; I’m wary of allowing Russia to set the narrative and that’s what we’ve been seeing so far.
I’ve been reluctant to comment too much on the growing tensions; I’m wary of allowing Russia to set the narrative and that’s what we’ve been seeing so far.
Russia is the party creating this escalation; Russia instigated the war in Ukraine in the first place; Russia alone can stop it.
Any discussion of the talks without mentioning those facts, but underlining Russia’s “demands” or supposed reasoning for the troop buildup…
Any discussion of the talks without mentioning those facts, but underlining Russia’s “demands” or supposed reasoning for the troop buildup…
on Ukraine’s border is allowing Russia to set the narrative. End of story.
That’s why I’ve been glad to see US officials firmly reject Moscow’s demands for security guarantees regarding Ukraine’s NATO membership and US forces in Central Europe.
That’s why I’ve been glad to see US officials firmly reject Moscow’s demands for security guarantees regarding Ukraine’s NATO membership and US forces in Central Europe.
And lest you think Russia’s position is only about Ukraine, its demands reach back 25 years to the NATO-Russia Founding Act, before NATO’s eastern flank included countries like Poland and the Baltics. It’s not a serious place to start negotiations. nytimes.com/2022/01/09/wor… 
All of this creates the pretext that whatever Moscow is planning in Ukraine could have been stopped, that the West was once again being “unreasonable” as Moscow attempted to redraw the borders of Europe and erase Ukrainians’ rights to sovereignty and self determination.
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