Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the initiation of the war in Ukraine in 2022, American strategies have identified Russia as a serious threat. However, the new strategy announced on Friday adopted a milder tone towards the Kremlin and stated that US policy on Europe should treat, among other things, as a priority. return to strategic stability in relations with Russia.
How does the Kremlin evaluate the new US security strategy?
What did the Kremlin spokesman say about Russia?
What were the previous definitions of Russia in American strategies?
What issues were criticized in the new US strategy?
“We consider this a positive step,” Peskov said. He emphasized that Moscow would carefully analyze the new strategy before drawing broader conclusions. “We definitely need to take a closer look and analyze it,” he said.
New US security strategy
The new US strategy also criticized, among others, approach of European countries to the war in Ukraine. “The Trump administration is at odds with European officials who have unrealistic expectations for war (in Ukraine) expressed by unstable minority governments, many of which trample on basic democratic principles to suppress opposition,” it said.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas emphasized in reaction: – The United States remains our greatest ally (…) we have not always agreed on various issues, but I think the general principle has not changed.
