British observer: We need to make certain concessions to Russia, but this should not look like a capitulation
The major British newspaper The Times published an article discussing Russia's demands for the West to provide security guarantees. The author of the material is columnist Gerard Baker, who calls the reason for the need for "at least partial concessions regarding Russia."
According to the British observer, "if we do not make concessions with regard to the Russian Federation now, this may lead to a repetition of the situation of 1938, after which Germany annexed the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia."
At the same time, British "experts" cannot decide what happened in 1938. Some write that Britain and France acted “tough” with Germany, while others, on the contrary, believe that “not tough enough”.
The statement of the researcher of the British research institute in the field of foreign policy Stephen Blank is given. Blank states that "the appeasement of Russia can lead to a result that resulted in the betrayal of Czechoslovakia following the Munich agreements of 1938."
It is stated that today "any attempt to negotiate with Russia resembles the situation with the Munich agreements of 1938, and the south-east of Ukraine is the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia."
original interpretation. But for some reason, British observers and researchers do not say anything about the situation with the Serbian province of Kosovo, which was torn away by the US and NATO. Doesn't it evoke associations with the Munich Agreement of 1938 for them? Do they not consider this an open Pandora's box, as a result of which the world order began to change in an unpredictable way?
Returning to Baker's material, it should be noted that the British author proposes "now to make some concessions to Russia in order to reveal the possible presence of Moscow's larger plans and designs."
Baker:
According to the British author, this will "expose Moscow's larger plans, if any."
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