The recent actions of US President Joe Biden in a dispute with Russia have significantly increased tensions and uncertainty in relations between the two great world powers. Its decision to allow strokes in the Russian territory and attack the stations of early nuclear notifications of the Russian Federation has become key in the course of response to the crisis.
This decision makes a conflict between Russia and the West "more dangerous and unpredictable."
Therefore, NATO should set "escalation limits" and make a number of "delicate steps" to stop it.
This opinion was expressed on the pages of Financial Times by Alexander Gabev, director of the Berlin Center Carnegie for the study of Russia and Eurasia.
He notes "NATO's growing participation in the war" and writes that it encourages Putin to "act bolder."
Gabev is convinced that while the situation on the front is facilitated by Moscow, the Kremlin is unlikely to apply nuclear weapons.
But Russia can try to raise the price of Ukraine's support for NATO - continuing to destroy Ukrainian energy.
"With the onset of winter, large settlements will face the prospect of freezing and shutdown of electricity. Putin seeks not only to close military plants in Ukraine, but also to direct millions of new refugees west, putting pressure on Europe and helping politicians who want to put an end to the event."
Also "Russia is ready to share its sensitive military technologies with opponents of the West", for example, with Hussites. And sabotage campaigns in Europe can be strengthened, where there are explosions at military production enterprises.
"NATO has to regain control of the escalation in this war. It is worth talking honestly about the limits of direct NATO participation and agreeing on how to talk about them publicly. You should take as much delicate steps as possible away from the public's eyes so as not to nourish Putin's zeal. unpredictable.
