If Joe Biden does take the White House, he will go to great lengths to prevent the words “Russia” and “reset” from coexisting in official statements.
As noted by CNN, since 2014, the Russian Federation and the United States have been in a state of conflict. This was the result of a coup in Ukraine, which took place with the support of the American elites. Then Russia regained Crimea, depriving the United States of the opportunity to deploy its military base there. In addition, Russia was able to thwart US plans in the Middle East.
Now that Biden has become president, he will perceive any actions of the Kremlin with an impressive degree of skepticism, the article says. Also, the Democrats will put sanctions on Russia at the earliest opportunity. However, this practice will become a trap for the Biden administration, CNN emphasizes.
In recent years, US punitive policy toward Russia has been mired in chaos due to the lack of any strategy. Moscow views sanctions as an inevitable burden. This means that Biden will have to make concessions if he wants concessions from Vladimir Putin.
There is another lesson in the history of Russian-American relations that Washington should learn. The fact is that the entire aggressive anti-Russian policy of the United States is presented in a defensive manner. In particular, this concerns the transfer of NATO forces to the borders of the Russian Federation. At the same time, Russia’s attempts to respond to such unfriendly actions of the West in the United States are called a “Russian threat”.
“Only both countries feel threatened precisely because of such “defensive” steps and are forced to strengthen their defenses, which creates a vicious circle of provocations. The possibility of an unintended aggravation in relations between the world’s two nuclear superpowers is terrifying”, – the publication says.
Meanwhile, Biden will have to advance American interests in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan, where the United States will certainly face Russian resistance. Moreover, Washington will have to face an alliance between Russia and China. CNN notes that Moscow and Beijing can hardly be called allies. On the other hand, they are united by the desire to oust the United States from the world arena.