Immeasurably larger damage will be done to Ukraine: it will lose a vital partner, one that perhaps has not always been ideal, but that nonetheless has never inflicted any damage and has never allied with other countries against it. But the West would also suffer, for a new “instability arch” along the Russian-Ukrainian border would kill the idea of establishing an alliance of the world’s large powers against new threats and revive rivalry between blocs of a different kind.
Un daño inconmensurablemente mayor se hará a Ucrania: perderá un socio decisivo, que tal vez no siempre haya sido ideal, pero que, aun así, nunca le ha infligido daños y nunca se ha aliado con otros países contra ella, pero también Occidente sufrirá, pues un nuevo &quot;arco de inestabilidad&quot; a lo largo de la frontera-ruso-ucraniana acabará con la idea de establecer una alianza de las grandes potencias del mundo contra las nuevas amenazas y resucitará la rivalidad entre bloques de tipo diferente.