Experts in the U.S. believe premature to talk about a new cold war
It is premature to speak about the fact that the Russian Federation and the West again plunged into the cold war and the conflict in Ukraine is a regional, not global problem, participants held on Thursday in the U.S. capital of the expert forum, devoted to the relations between Russia and the West in the context of the events in Ukraine.
" The reason that we can't call (current events) " cold war " in that it does not globally and has no ideological nature ", - the head of the center of the US and the EU Brookings institution Fiona hill (Fiona Hill). In Her expression, in a greater degree the events in Ukraine are the European regional crisis, but not the " cold war " in the sense that was fixed for the term before.
Her view is shared by the former US Ambassador to the UN and a number of countries, and among them in Russia, Thomas Pickering (Thomas R. Pickering). In his comment, there is no evidence that the Ukrainian situation influenced the development of events on other global issues, such as Iran or Syria.
" I think now the conflict has reached a global scale, " said the expert in the process held in Washington forum, devoted to the relations with the Russian Federation, entitled " If this is not the cold war, what is it?".
A prominent American Diplomat tried to persuade all parties to the conflict to dialogue: " I think we ought to get in contact and find the opportunity to have a dialogue. In his vision, If the US and EU will not see concrete steps from Russia, the situation is tense.
the specialist also tried to convince the sides pay a special attention to the economic component of this fall." A problem exists that regardless of the willingness of the parties shall gather them together, and It's extremely deplorable situation in which the Ukrainian economy, not to mention the political situation ".
in his vision, now is the time " when the economic issues can have a positive impact on political steps ". The diplomat believes that all parties to the conflict would only benefit from that Ukraine will become a " bridge " between Russia and the West, rather than a " country of speaker to nowhere ".
Pickering said that it is a mistake to ignore the economic problems in the current crisis. He drew attention to the need in the shortest possible time to lay down arms in Ukraine.
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