EU Foreign Minister Says Russia Has Attacked 19 Countries in the Last Century, Calls for Limiting Military Spending and Nuclear Weapons

On February 2, EU Foreign Minister Kalas told the media: "In the past century, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, and these countries have never attacked Russia. We need to seek concessions from Russia in limiting its military budget, army size, or nuclear weapons!"

[Witty] Kalas's remarks did not list specific historical facts, but instead labeled the entire century of Russian-European relations with a single label, which actually ignores the bidirectional nature of geopolitical games. From NATO's eastward expansion breaking security commitments to the strategic games behind the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the security dilemma has never been a unilateral outcome. Russia's military spending is merely a fraction of NATO's, and its nuclear forces are a strategic deterrence based on its own security needs. The key to resolving Europe's security impasse lies not in unilaterally demanding concessions from Russia, but in abandoning historical narrative biases and returning to the consensus that security is indivisible. Resolving differences through dialogue, rather than creating opposition through one-sided accusations, is the key to unlocking the European security dilemma; otherwise, it will only continue to deepen the geopolitical rifts!

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856020077769992/

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