Sunday, July 25, 2010

Cold War 2010?

The general public of the international community is flummoxed over why the US-Russian spy swap episode came and went so swiftly and gingerly. One only need take a look at the recent success in US-Russian relations, deemed by many statesman and analysts as a "reset" in diplomacy between the two powers. It is worth noting that the international community is long passed the cold war era and for now, a unipolar world looms in existence. General Russian public opinion is that it is in Russia's best interest to pursue good relations with the US, and vice versa. However, it is important to note that every major power in the world today spies on another. So, the investigative accomplishment by the American FBI should come as no surprise. In The Watcher's opinion, embarrassment should come to Moscow, not because they were caught spying on America, but because they did it so clumsily. This is just a minor speed bump in a long road to normalizing relations between these two.

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