Recently, Russia has been negotiating with Western countries. Russia's demand is simple, at the security level, as long as the West can meet Russia's security demands - NATO will no longer expand eastward, will not take Ukraine, Georgia, tensions can be eased. However, judging from the results of the negotiations, not only did it not ease the relationship, but it made the relationship between the two sides more tense.
The negotiations were divided into several rounds, first with the United States and Russia, but no results were reached. Then there were nato and Russia negotiations, which also did not come to fruition, followed by the OSCE and Russia negotiations. To say that this OSCE does not have much effect, its biggest role is to make the whole of Europe, including Russia and the United States, in the same organization, everyone in a pot stirring the spoon, naturally to give some face to each other.
However, it was this negotiation that was most likely to have an outcome, and in the end it came to an unexpected result. In this negotiation, Russia and the West are full of gunpowder. The representative of the United States directly fired artillery, indicating that the war drums had been beaten, and deliberately added an adjective - "very loud", and then issued a threat that although the United States had the willingness to dialogue, it was ready for the escalation of the situation.
When the Russian representative saw that the United States had beaten the drums of war, he was not polite, saying that although he did not abandon the negotiations, if Russia's demands were not met, it would have disastrous consequences. Obviously, Russia is not accustomed to the United States, and if you want to beat the drums of war, then Russia will let you know what the disastrous consequences are.
It had been hoped that the OSCE would play a role, after all, it was nominally responsible for the security of the entire European region, and since the organization was of little use, it was logical that Russia and the West would not show too toughness in such negotiations. But when the representative of the United States opened his mouth, "the drums of war have been beaten", the situation was pushed one step further to the point of irreparability. They all think that even if they can't talk about it, they can ease the relationship, which is good, the relationship is not eased, and there will be a war if they don't do well.
From the performance of the United States, it is to fight with Russia to the end, after the attitude of the United States is clear, the attitude of the entire Western camp is also clear, although some Western politicians are speaking for Russia, thinking that Russia's demands are very normal, not excessive, but this voice can not become the mainstream. Therefore, the risk of war between the two sides is very high, Russia has no way back, and if it continues to compromise, Russia's security will only be more unsecured.
Russia is not trying to do anything to the West, but just wants to maintain its own living space and make Russia's national security relatively guaranteed. NATO has expanded eastward for five or six waves, and now almost every day there are all kinds of Western fighters flying around the Russian border, and from time to time There are Western warships entering the Black Sea to provoke, and Russia's living space has been squeezed very small.
If NATO continues to expand eastward and takes ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia all, then Russia will be stuck in the middle of Europe and the United States. As long as the missiles are deployed in the closest place to Russia, Russia will have to worry about it every day. Russia will certainly not allow such a thing to happen, and if the United States and the West do not budge, Russia will probably have no choice but to take armed action in order to fight for its own living space.