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David Satter Testifies on Russia before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
May 17, 2007
by David Satter
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One of the most important questions in the world today concerns the intentions of Russia. One can only wonder what is motivating Russia to create so many artificial problems in a short period of time.
If Russia were motivated by logical concerns, it would be dedicated to balancing growing Chinese power, guarding against Islamic terrorism, and preventing the emergence of nuclear powers on its borders. Instead, however, Russia appears fixated on dominating the countries that emerged from the former Soviet Union and appears willing to sacrifice its vital interests for the empty satisfaction of appearing to give orders to countries it believes it has a right to dominate.
If Russia were motivated by logical concerns, it would be dedicated to balancing growing Chinese power, guarding against Islamic terrorism, and preventing the emergence of nuclear powers on its borders. Instead, however, Russia appears fixated on dominating the countries that emerged from the former Soviet Union and appears willing to sacrifice its vital interests for the empty satisfaction of appearing to give orders to countries it believes it has a right to dominate.
David Satter, a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and a visting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past (Yale). Age of Delirium, a documentary film about the fall of the Soviet Union based on his book of the same name, was recently released.
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