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Originally Posted by August
I did. Does it not match the position of the Russian government?
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Then your question is provocative, as in the article it is clearly stated that the Russian actions within the Ukrainian crisis (the support of separatist forces falls under that category) was in nature reactionary to actions of other parties.
Thus further escalation by those parties would lead not to deterence of Russia, but to an reactionary escalation.
In my opinion a perfect (if idealistic of me) would be a common, inclusive security treaty system within Europe, that understands and accommodates for all of the concerns by the states and is based on (but not limited to) existing common principles and agreements.
Such a treaty system would take away any valid security concerns (of Poland and Russia for example) while not being offensive towards any party in Europe (regardless of its' status within other organisations).
Ideally such system should also over rule any other exisiting security treaties within Europe (such as NATO and Collective Security Treaty) as to prevent a conflict between different less inclusive alliance systems within European region.