The Ukrainian crisis has dealt a mortal blow to Jean-Francois Thiriart's idea of united Europe from Dublin to Vladivostok, adopted in the 2000s by policy makers in Moscow and Berlin, Bryan MacDonald, an Irish writer and commentator noted in his Op-Ed, published by RT.
"A detente between Moscow and Berlin to counterbalance the USA and the emerging Chinese superpower. This dream has been on life support for years and it's fair to say that the Ukraine crisis finally killed it."
Thus far, the chill in relations between Moscow and Europe is regarded as one of the central motivations for Sino-Russian rapprochement, according to Mr. MacDonald.
"Nevertheless, my bet is that Russian policy makers will continue to hope for a European policy shift. The EU is unstable, if it were to split there's a strong chance that Germany could try to salvage a 'core Europe' gathered around its powerful economy."
Bryan MacDonald believes that a "sizable and influential wing in Berlin" will finally pressure the leadership of the country into adopting an independent political course, free from Washington's dictate.
However, there is little doubt that such leading countries as Germany, Japan, Italy and France would prefer Russia "to place a foot back into the Western tent" and return to the G8.
Alas, the rapprochement between the West and Russia is still highly unlikely, Mr. MacDonald noted, predicting that the Russophobia trend in America will gain a second wind during the forthcoming 2016 Presidential campaign.
