The US Strengthens Its Role as World’s Policeman

Published in El Mundo
(Spain) on 29 August 2022
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Translated from by Marta Quirós Alarcón. Edited by Michelle Bisson.
Washington reaffirms its high degree of commitment to Europe in order to address the influence of populism promoted by Russia

Nobody knows how much longer the Russian bombing of Ukraine will last. What is known for a fact is that, as a consequence of this war, the battered relationship between Russia and the United States has deteriorated further. At present, the new rising tension between the leading world powers in the Cold War has translated into the darkest hours of their relationship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As we analyzed in El Mundo on Monday, the recent White House decision to create the position of Arctic ambassador — an area where Russia and China are increasing their presence in waters opened up by climate change — is quite a collective defense strategy on the part of NATO, which is facing a growing Russian military presence in that territory because it is the shortest route a missile heading to Western Europe could take.

Vladimir Putin has established a new command in the region, which he is using as a testing ground for his innovative weapons systems. With this decision, Washington reaffirms its high degree of commitment to Europe and to defending this side of the Atlantic by addressing the influence of illiberal populism promoted by Moscow, aimed at undermining Western democracies.

Added to this war scenario is the increasing concern in the international community about the use of weapons of mass destruction, especially after Russia blocked a minimal agreement in the United Nations regarding nuclear disarmament just two days ago. It was, without a doubt, a resounding failure of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which is the cornerstone of the global effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and which has succumbed to Putin’s imperialist interests of continuing to occupy nuclear plants such as Zaporizhzhia, which he has weaponized.

What began as a hope-filled friendship between the two world powers 20 years ago with both countries cooperating in the Afghanistan war is today once again an altogether dangerous confrontation. It has resurrected the Atlanticism that many had given up for dead and has forced Washington to reprise the role of the world’s policeman. The truth is that it is becoming less clear if diplomacy is the art of the possible or the impossible.


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EEUU refuerza su papel de gendarme mundial

Washington confirma el elevado grado de compromiso que tiene con Europa para hacer frente a la influencia del populismo fomentado por Rusia

Nadie sabe cuánto más durarán los bombardeos rusos en Ucrania, lo que sí es un hecho es que la maltrecha relación entre Rusia y Estados Unidos se ha deteriorado aún más a consecuencia de esta guerra. La nueva escalada de tensión entre las potencias que lideraron la Guerra Fría se traduce en estos momentos en las peores horas de su relación desde la desintegración de la URSS. Como analizamos este lunes en EL MUNDO, la reciente decisión que ha tomado la Casa Blanca de crear un puesto de embajador en el Ártico, una zona en la que Rusia y China aumentan su presencia en aguas abiertas por el cambio climático, es toda una estrategia de defensa colectiva por parte de la OTAN, que se enfrenta a una creciente presencia militar rusa en este territorio por ser la ruta más corta para la trayectoria de un misil con dirección a Europa occidental.

Putin ha establecido un nuevo mando en esta región, que está usando como banco de pruebas para sus innovadores sistemas de armamento. Con esta decisión, Washington confirma el elevado grado de compromiso que tiene con Europa y con la defensa de este lado del Atlántico para hacer frente a la influencia del populismo iliberal fomentado desde Moscú para debilitar a las democracias occidentales.

A este escenario bélico se suma la elevada preocupación de la comunidad internacional por el uso de armas de destrucción masiva, sobre todo después de que hace apenas dos días Rusia bloqueara un acuerdo de mínimos sobre el desarme nuclear en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas. Sin duda, un rotundo fracaso de la conferencia de revisión del Tratado de No Proliferación nuclear (TNP), que es la piedra angular de los esfuerzos mundiales para prevenir la propagación de las armas nucleares y que ha sucumbido a los intereses imperialistas de Putin para seguir ocupando centrales nucleares como la de Zaporiyia, convertida en toda un arma de guerra.

Lo que empezó siendo hace 20 años una esperanzadora relación de amistad entre las dos grandes potencias mundiales, con la colaboración de ambos países en la guerra de Afganistán, vuelve a ser hoy un enfrentamiento del todo peligroso, que hizo resurgir el atlantismo que muchos habían dado casi por muerto y que obligó a Washington a retomar ese papel de gendarme mundial. La verdad es que cada vez está menos claro si la diplomacia es el arte de lo posible o de lo imposible.
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