TEL AVIV – In his famous “X” article, published in 1947, George F. Kennan argued that the Soviet Union’s hostility toward the United States was virtually inexorable, given that it was rooted not in a classic conflict of interest between great powers, but in a deep-seated nationalism and insecurity. The same could be said of the current conflict between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the West: It is, at root, a collision between the West’s supposedly universal values and Russia’s quest for a distinct identity.
特拉维夫&mdash;在1947年出版的名作《X》中，乔治·凯南（George F. Kennan）指出，苏联对美国的敌意基本上是不可抑制的，因为其根源不仅有超级大国之间的经典利益冲突，也包括根深蒂固的民族主义和不安全感。目前普京的俄罗斯与西方的冲突也是如此：根本上，这是一场西方持有的普世价值与俄罗斯所追求的独特身份之间的碰撞。