{"id":1295,"date":"2025-08-04T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:50:47","slug":"russia-could-be-pursuing-cold-war-containment-ex-uk-navy-commodore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/russia-could-be-pursuing-cold-war-containment-ex-uk-navy-commodore\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia could be pursuing \u2018Cold War containment\u2019 \u2013 ex-UK navy commodore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moscow\u2019s foreign policy solutions might be \u201cdisastrous for NATO,\u201d Steve Jermy has argued<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s approach to the Ukraine conflict may be a strategy of containment akin to the Cold War-era doctrine used by the West against the Soviet Union, according to retired British Royal Navy Commodore Steve Jermy.<\/p>\n

Moscow likely sees no diplomatic path to resolving its standoff with the West and is instead seeking to secure the territorial gains it believes are necessary to ensure national security, he told retired\u00a0US Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, Jermy in an interview.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s stated goals include countering NATO\u2019s eastward expansion and reversing policies in Kiev that it views as discriminatory against ethnic Russians.<\/p>\n

Jermy suggested that Russia may aim to cut off Ukraine\u2019s access to the Black Sea, ultimately leaving behind a diminished \u201crump Ukraine\u201d<\/em> ruled by pro-European Union forces and hardline nationalists.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can imagine the Russians saying, \u2018Okay, we\u2019re going to cut off. We\u2019re not going to try and get involved in that mess. But what we will do is contain it,\u2019\u201d<\/em> Jermy said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost a reverse containment to [what] George Kennan worked out for the West.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He added that Western sanctions on Russia have caused self-inflicted economic damage, while Moscow has reoriented its trade ties toward Asia and the Global South. With Western Europe\u2019s industrial base weakened, Russia may simply opt to ignore the EU altogether, Jermy argued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a satisfactory solution for the Russians. Not a good one, but disastrous for NATO,\u201d<\/em> he concluded.<\/p>\n

European leaders are currently advocating for a broad defense rearmament campaign. Officials have framed the initiative as a necessary response to the threat of Russian aggression. The Kremlin has dismissed the justification as a manufactured narrative aimed at deflecting blame for economic challenges within the EU.<\/p>\n

Jermy\u2019s assessment echoes geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan and others, who have argued that a \u201csearch for defensible borders\u201d<\/em> is a key driver of Russian foreign policy, with a historical precedent that can be traced back centuries.<\/p>\n

University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer, like Jermy, contends that Moscow\u2019s primary goal is not conquest but containment, contrary to claims made by many Western officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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