Geopoliitikat

Paar tsitaati Strategic Forecast Institute kodulehelt. Artikli päälkiri on "Why the US feel it must contain Russia". Kõigepäält Maidani sündmustest, eriti oluline on tähele panna, keda Stratfor peab asja korraldajateks:

Ukraine is the obvious place to start when looking at the United States' current containment strategy for Russia. The euromaidan revolution of February 2014, in which then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was overthrown and replaced with a pro-West government, originated from concerns that Russia was becoming too powerful in Ukraine. These concerns emerged not only among some segments of the Ukrainian public but also among Western powers, including the United States.
In November 2013, Yanukovich's last-minute decision to suspend free-trade talks with the European Union and move closer with Russia sparked demonstrations in Kiev that, three months later, led to a violent uprising against Yanukovich's government. Although the euromaidan protests involved a great deal of grassroots participation, U.S. backing and influence were a notable force in shaping the demonstrations. U.S. officials, including Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, visited the demonstrations and supported the protest leaders, and U.S. nongovernmental organizations actively supported the demonstrations, just as they did during the Orange Revolution nearly a decade earlier.

Ning kokkuvõtlikult:

Of course, the United States is no longer preoccupied with stopping the spread of communism or containing Russia's power and political influence on a global scale. But the geopolitical imperative that gave birth to the U.S. containment policy — to limit Russia's ability to project power beyond its borders — is still relevant and will remain so long into the future.

Ega Eesti poliitikutel enam erilisi valikuid pole. Oleme rongis ja rong lisab kiirust. Kuid tahaks, et vähemalt mõnigi kirjutaja ilmutaks arusaamist sellest, kuhu rong läheb, millisesse geopoliitilisse vastasseisu oleme kaasa haaratud. Sant tunne on, kui meie liidrid ja ajakirjanikud on võtnud täielikult kuuleka Ameerika-sõltlase rolli ja ei mõista, ei taha või ei julge vaadata, kuidas asjad maailmas tegelikult käivad ja sellest rääkida-kirjutada. Kainet analüüsi pole, on ainult mütoloogiline mõtlemine (hää-kuri, must-valge). Poliitiliselt aga pole meie press ei must ega valge, vaid kollane.