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Theysurreptitiouslyparticipateinourdomesticdebatestoexacerbateour
divisionsandinterfereinourelections.Theyfostercorruptionandrecidivist
tendencies.RussiaisinvasionsofGeorgiaandUkrainehavesucceededin
drivingupthecosttoNATOofadmittingnewmembers,asdemonstrated
bytheebbingofsupportforGeorgiaisandUkraineisbidssincePutinis
2007MunichSecurityConferencespeechdescribedNATOexpansionasa
“seriousprovocation.”
RussiaisnotEuropeisonlychallenge:creepingrecidivismcorroding
theruleoflaw,politicalturbulenceresultingfrommigrationandeconomic
crises,Britainconsumedwithaninternaldiscussionaboutwhetherto
leavetheEU.Butthesearethecontinualchallengesoffreesocietiesto
findsolutionstoperturbations.Russiaisactionshaveclarifiedourcurrent
challengebyremindingusofboththevalueandthevulnerabilityoffree
societies.WeneednotwonderwhattheRussiangovernmentisintentions
are.Weneedtoprotectourselvesagainstthem,strengthenourresilience
inrespondingtothem,andcontinueourdevotiontothefiveprinciples
BushisSecretaryofStateJamesBakeroutlinedin1991tomakeEuropetruly
wholeandfree:self-determinationconsistentwithdemocraticprinciples,
recognitionofexistingborders,supportfordemocracyandruleoflaw,
preservationofhumanrightsandrightsofnationalminorities,andrespect
forinternationallawandobligations.
AndEuropeshoulddomoreofthisworkitself.AsJimGoldgeierhas
persuasivelyargued,“themoretime,energy,andresourcesAmerica
focusesontheChinachallenge,themoreitrequiresaEuropecapableof
managingthreatsandchallengesinitsownneighbourhood.”1Russiaisnot
sopowerfulthatEuropecannotcontainitsmalevolentactions.
Butwhatyetneedsdoingshouldnotobscureallthathasbeenachieved
sinceBushis1989speech—itisnolessthantheeliminationofEastern
Europe.ThereisnowjustEurope.Itisnitcompletelywhole,itisnitcompletely
free,butitissomuchbetter,somuchsafer,somuchmoreprosperous,and
somuchfreerthanitwasbeforePresidentBushcalledonthoseofusinthe
WesttosupportthebravemenandwomenintheEastyearningtoshare
inthetruthsweholdtobeself-evident.ThecountriesofEuropecannow
choosetheirgovernmentsandtheirsecurityarrangements.
