Javier G. Cuesra

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Biden Administration, coverage of foreign events, Department of State, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Germany, International Law, Joe Biden, NATO, Nordstream II, OSCE, Poland, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin January 13, 2022

OSCE President after Thursday meeting: “The risk of war in the region is now greater than at any other moment in the last 30 years.”

Cuesta and Gómez quote Zbigniev Rau, the new President of the OSCE (and Polish foreign minister), as saying after the OSCE meeting in Vienna on Thursday, January 13, “The risk of war is the region in now greater than at any other moment in the last 30 years.”
Developments appear to confirm previous analyses that Putin is merely going through the motions of attempted diplomacy to bolster his case that he tried everything and had no alternative other than to invade Ukraine.
It now appears that he is doubling down on his threat and plans to invade Ukraine, in what may be in his mind a giant game of “chicken” with Joe Biden and the U.S.