Western Europe’s elite are driving the continent toward catastrophe NOTE : What follows is an abridged extract from a longer polemical essay by Sergey Karaganov published in the Russian foreign-policy journal Russia in Global Affairs . The current phase of the West’s conflict with Russia may be nearing its end. It has dragged on longer than necessary. The principal reason is a lack of determination to employ active nuclear deterrence. This is the only mechanism capable of resolving the “