American journalist Peter Beinart said that US politicians are hypocritical in their dialogue with Moscow because they continue to comply with the so-called Monroe Doctrine. The expert expressed this opinion in an article for The New York Times.
The doctrine of former US President James Monroe proclaimed the principle of mutual non-interference of the countries of the American and European continents in each other’s internal affairs.
According to Beinart, politicians during the administration of President Donald Trump often resorted to this doctrine, considering it relevant, and supporters of the incumbent head of state Joe Biden do not want to stop economic coercion of countries that are in the sphere of interests of the United States.
Thus, the political observer recalled Washington’s long-term embargo against Cuba.
“U.S. officials may claim that the purpose of the embargo is to promote democracy, but virtually every second government in the world, including democratic ones, views it as an act of political intimidation,” Beinart said.
He compared Ukraine with Mexico. According to the journalist, even if Mexico does not have sympathy for the United States, it cannot enter into alliances with states that are opponents of the United States. The same should apply to the Ukrainian state.
“It is unimaginable that the Mexican government would invite Russian or Chinese troops to their side of the Rio Grande,” Beinart said.
According to the author of the article, Washington should “swallow a deal” that tacitly recognizes Russia’s veto power over Ukraine’s military alliances in order to get these priorities, since in practice Moscow already has this veto power.
Earlier it was reported that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed their readiness to hold another meeting with Russia on security guarantees. Read more in the article “Gazety.Ru”.
The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held on January 12 at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels and lasted about four hours. This is the first meeting of the council in 2.5 years, initiated by the Russian side, and organized as a follow-up to negotiations on security guarantees between Russia and the United States, held January 9-10 in Geneva.