Russia vs the West: A War Scenario and a New Logic of Confrontation
How can Moscow respond to a possible US strike on Syria? The aggravation of rivalry between Russia and the West in the past few months is raising the urgent ... ... specific and more or less verifiable pretext. The exchange of sanctions was based on understandable reasons. Various incidents ... ... for “promoting propaganda and undermining democracy,” an accusation that is hard to verify but easy to turn into a conflict-prone ... ... three events have triggered the new logic of confrontation: the Skripal case, Washington’s new sanctions and the chemical incident ...