No Dialogue Between Moscow and Washington

 

No Dialogue Between Moscow and WashingtonUntil now it has been believed that the collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to what we call the new world order. But this, too, is out of date - the events in Ukraine have shown that another order is taking shape.Deputy Director of the Institute of USA and Canada Studies Valery Garbuzov is sure that Russian-American relations are coming to a standstill: "The two countries really aren't discussing an issue on which, above all, we need dialogue - that is, Ukraine. It is really almost a stalemate. Plus the sanctions initiated by the United States. In such circumstances we will have to build relations with the U.S. within a regime of sanctions, of ultimatums and of lack of dialogue, but Russia should not take actions that would further drive our country into isolation ... This is the most difficult period for many years, because during the Cold War there was still a dialogue. The Soviet Union was a pole of allies, and modern Russia is in a very difficult situation."With regard to the ongoing information war now, on Garbuzov's opinion, the curtain that has put Russia at the center of responsibility for what is happening in Ukraine should be broken: "We lost so many times. We lost during the war in Georgia in the information field. American news agencies respond and capture the information field more quickly than our news agencies. There is a law: the first news always settles firmly in the minds and develops faster. "In this regard,  Garbuzov believes that Putin's recent tour in Latin America was helpful: "The Russian leadership should open other regions to Russia. This year the midterm elections in the U.S. Congress will be held. Barack Obama's rating is very low, and the Democratic Party is concerned to secure the positions it has today in Congress. Obama has been under attack all the time from Republicans for softness, for the provocative speeches that he liked to give at the beginning of his presidency - on multipolarity, on considering the interests of other centers of power. This is all remembered. The results of the congressional elections will show how the voters react to Obama's policies, not only external, but also internal, and will they will reveal the U.S. field of internal affairs. A lot depends on this situation, too."

 

By "Vestnik Kavkaza"

Until now it has been believed that the collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to what we call the new world order. But this, too, is out of date - the events in Ukraine have shown that another order is taking shape.
Deputy Director of the Institute of USA and Canada Studies Valery Garbuzov is sure that Russian-American relations are coming to a standstill: "The two countries really aren't discussing an issue on which, above all, we need dialogue - that is, Ukraine. It is really almost a stalemate. Plus the sanctions initiated by the United States. In such circumstances we will have to build relations with the U.S. within a regime of sanctions, of ultimatums and of lack of dialogue, but Russia should not take actions that would further drive our country into isolation ... This is the most difficult period for many years, because during the Cold War there was still a dialogue. The Soviet Union was a pole of allies, and modern Russia is in a very difficult situation."
With regard to the ongoing information war now, on Garbuzov's opinion, the curtain that has put Russia at the center of responsibility for what is happening in Ukraine should be broken: "We lost so many times. We lost during the war in Georgia in the information field. American news agencies respond and capture the information field more quickly than our news agencies. There is a law: the first news always settles firmly in the minds and develops faster. "In this regard,  Garbuzov believes that Putin's recent tour in Latin America was helpful: "The Russian leadership should open other regions to Russia. This year the midterm elections in the U.S. Congress will be held. Barack Obama's rating is very low, and the Democratic Party is concerned to secure the positions it has today in Congress. Obama has been under attack all the time from Republicans for softness, for the provocative speeches that he liked to give at the beginning of his presidency - on multipolarity, on considering the interests of other centers of power. This is all remembered. The results of the congressional elections will show how the voters react to Obama's policies, not only external, but also internal, and will they will reveal the U.S. field of internal affairs. A lot depends on this situation, too."