Why the U.S. Feels It Must Contain Russia

August 23, 2015 | https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/why-us-feels-it-must-contain-russia

Analysis

By Eugene Chausovsky
At the outset of the Cold War, in 1946, U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan sent what became popularly known as the "long telegram" from the embassy in Moscow outlining a policy of containment in dealing with the Soviet Union. The policy was made public in 1947 in an anonymous article in Foreign Affairs. It would go on to serve as the principal U.S. strategy for dealing with the Soviet Union until the eventual Soviet collapse in 1991. At its heart, the policy of containment was about blocking and countering the Soviet Union and its communist allies "whenever and wherever they posed a risk of gaining influence."https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/why-us-feels-it-must-contain-russia