Бинарная дипломатия

Выступая в Госдепе в феврале 2021, Байден говорил о возврате Америки и американской дипломатии, в частности для борьбы с мировым авторитаризмом.

“And so is the message I want the world to hear today: America is back. America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy. As I said in my inaugural address, we will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again, not to meet yesterday’s challenges, but today’s and tomorrow’s. American leadership must meet this new moment of advancing authoritarianism, including the growing ambitions of China to rival the United States and the determination of Russia to damage and disrupt our democracy.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-place-in-the-world/

Не расходясь со словами, президентский проект государственного бюджета включает увеличение финансирования Госдепа.

Mr. Biden has stressed the value of restoring American diplomacy and alliances, and his budget requests an increase of $6.3 billion for the State Department and international programs, more than 11 percent above current levels — and almost 50 percent more than the last budget proposed by Mr. Trump, who repeatedly targeted the State Department for cuts.
Prioritizing the threat of the coronavirus, the overall $63.6 billion request includes $1 billion in foreign aid to combat the spread of Covid-19, promote global health security programs and increase research to detect and stop future viral outbreaks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/politics/trillion-budget-plan-joe-biden.html

Congratulations, Ambassador Nuland! We’re glad to have you on board! https://t.co/hmkX5Q622o pic.twitter.com/wKZbgO5yRv

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 3, 2021

На центральные роли вернулись ветераны Госдепа из администрации Обамы. Небезызвестная Виктория Нуланд была единогласно утверждена Сенатом на должность Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, третий по рангу пост в Госдепе. Занимавшая этот пост при Обама Вэнди Шерман также пошла на повышение и заняла второй по рангу пост заместителя госсекретаря. Свою первую поездку на новой должности Нуланд совершила в знакомый ей город Киев, сопровождая госсекретаря Блинкена.

В написанной год назад развернутой статье о тактике отношений с Россией Нуланд предлагает не загонять Путина в угол, что позволяет ему играть в "осажденную крепость", а пытаться вытащить его на переговоры, что будет вбивать клин между ним и его народом.

"Some—myself included—have been overly optimistic in expecting that with more integration with the free world, Russia would become a better and more democratic partner. Others have been overly fatalistic, citing Russia’s unique set of interests, its geography, or its history to justify its aggression and violations of international law. Others still have been ahistorical in their outlook, asserting that if NATO just reversed its enlargement and offered Russia hegemony over Ukraine and a larger sphere of influence, Putin’s appetite would be sated. None of these lenses has given U.S. policymakers better vision.
The coming U.S. presidential election offers the United States a chance to get off defense, restore the strength and confidence of the democratic world, and close the holes in its security after years of drift and division. Once that resolve is firmly on display, the United States can seize the moment of renewal at home and stagnation in Russia to stretch out a hand again. Putin may not want or be able to take it. But the Russian people should know that Washington and its allies are giving him and Russia a choice."
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2020-06-09/pinning-down-putin

Похоже, что Байдену такой подход импонирует, он применяет его ныне с республиканскими сенаторами и испробует с Путиным во время июньской встречи. Закончится либо небывалым успехом, либо наступанием на привычные грабли.

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