‘We must deal with Russia as it is, not as we wish it to be’: US ex-diplomats, academics call for engagement with Moscow

Washington needs to revamp

Washington needs to revamp its Russia policy, steer away from permanent sanctions and allow genuine talks, because failure to do so may cost the US dearly, retired top US officials and academics say.

US-Russian relations have gone into a “dangerous dead end” and it’s up to the US to rethink how it should proceed, an open letter published in Politico on Wednesday said. The current course simply undermines American interests and is based on wishful thinking that mistakenly claims that Russia would somehow change to meet US expectations.

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