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Russia must be part of the European utopia
August 15, 2010 / Constanze Stelzenmueller
Two years after the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, it is time for the US and Europe to realise that this was a watershed moment for the west. Of course, it was a disaster for Georgia, but it also sent a shock wave across the post-Soviet space. It showed up Russia's weaknesses, too, alienated its friends and undermined its policy of rapprochement with Europe.
It is less often acknowledged that the war was also a defining moment for the west. The US and Europe share much of the blame for what happened: a misguided American policy was matched on the European side by an absence of policy amounting to a dereliction of responsibility. The fact that both sides were long unable to agree on a mutually acceptable approach, or even on the importance of the event, threw a stark light on the strategic divergences within the alliance. To this day, neither the US nor Europe has been able to craft a coherent common approach to eastern Europe and Russia. It is badly needed.
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