... "Moscow must remain vigilant, because in this type of bilateral summit, the readability of Washington’s strategic intentions remains, by nature, uncertain and subject to reversibility."
Since the end of the Warsaw Pact, Russian-American relations have been structured by a logic of escalation fueled by a mutual perception of threat. NATO’s expansion to the East, regional crises, and the absence of de-escalation mechanisms have crystallized a strategic rivalry that, in turn, has reactivated reflexes of bilateral confrontation.
Yalta 2.0: escalation logic and mutual threat perception between Moscow and Washington
BY Mohamed Lamine KABA