The problem is that there are legions of sovietologists in the State Deparment, the I/C and our leading academic institutions. If Ruzzia is not an enemy, then what are they going to do? What is their power base? How are they going to recruit graduate students? Who will employ them after they finist their Theses on Mad Vlad the Impaler and his corrupt relationship with a leading presidential candidate. Whole academic departments are on the verge of extinction.Towers of power are toppling or being abandoned to the jungle of irrelevance.
That all ALREADY has happened. These Soviet-Russian departments were gutted decades ago. Few even learn Russian anymore. The sexy has been the Middle East and Asia.
Even US Army/Marine force structure has changed profoundly. The “heavy” divisions have been deemphasized, hence things like the “Stryker” brigades. The Marines lost their tanks and tube artillery and their role in supporting Norway, etc.
I think you are badly behind the times.
It’s like true Mideast peace. Too many State Dept aholes would lose their jobs.