George Beebe, was the CIA's Russia Analysis Director and Vice President Cheney's Special Advisor on Russia and Eurasia.
Le Figaro.
- Why is Vladimir Putin threatening a military escalation in Ukraine?
George BEEBE.
- Many analysts compare Russia with the former USSR.
According to this reading grid, particularly in vogue in the United States, the actions of Vladimir Poutine are motivated by a desire for confrontation with democratic countries.
I think this is a fundamental analytical error.
Rather, Russia has a fairly traditional obsession with its security.
Putin believes that he has tried everything (...) He concluded that he only had the threat of resorting to armed force to be heard.
George beebe
This obsession is reflected in several ways.
One of them is to do everything not to be threatened by his neighbors.
During its history, Russia has been invaded many times, which makes it extremely sensitive to this risk.
The solution of the Russians has traditionally been to seek to put the maximum geographical distance between their territory and adversaries ...
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