The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight, highlighting how the U.S. and its allies have expanded NATO up to Russia's borders, backed regime change and then a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The explicit goal of this strategy is to pressure, weaken and ultimately eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to U.S. imperial power.
The U.S. and NATO have used similar forms of force and coercion against many countries. In every case the results have been catastrophic for the people directly impacted, whether they achieved their political aims or not.
