US Congress to voted 419-3 to sharpen the already-harsh economic sanctions against Russia.
How did the crisis evolve?
US’s intervention in the middle-east since early 2000s has destabilised state structures in many countries leading to the rise of radical jihad which was posing a threat to Russia’s security.
NATO breached its promise of not to expand eastwards by steadily increasing its influence in Ukraine.
Russia & the US have been involved in face-off indirectly for long by aligning with opposite sides in various international conflicts.
Russia’s war in Ukraine, and its intimidation of small states on its peripheries, led up to President Obama to imposing sanctions in 2014.
Russian diplomatic missions in US were orderd to downsize as a retaliation president Obama when initial evidence of Russian rigging of the US presidential elections emerged.
With clearer evidence emerging which established Russia’s malice, President Trump, has agreed to sign the sanctions passed by the senate.
What are the spin offs of this row?
The row could impact almost every crisis of global significance: North Korea’s nuclear missile programme, the wars in yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, China’s aggression on its peripheries etc...
We might actually be at the dawn of a new Cold War.
