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A combination of internal and external factors makes Europe the most dangerous player in international affairs at the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st century A combination of internal and external factors makes Europe the most dangerous player in international affairs at the beginning of the ...
There are some things that signify entire historical processes and eras There are some things that signify entire historical processes and eras. The Berlin Wall is perhaps the most glaring example. What could better symbolize the pision of Europe and the world into two ideologically, militarily, and politically irreconcilable blocs? A massive, technologically advanced fortification, cutting through the soul of a leading city of the Old World. In January 1989, East German leader Erich Honecker ...
... Commander-in-Chief. I know that the described scenario makes one’s blood curdle, and once again I will draw fire to myself. But this seems the only possible alternative to being drawn into an endless if intermittent war with the loss of tens or hundreds of thousands of our best men – and then sliding all the same towards nuclear Armageddon and/or the country’s collapse. We must shake the Europeans from their madness, break their will to continue confrontation, and stop the slide towards the Third World War (towards which the Europeans are dragging the world, having apparently forgotten about their past sins, for which they were never ...
... appreciated consequences of the comparative exhaustion of the liberal economic model that emerged in the last third of the 20th century is the reduction in the ability of Western countries to effectively and rationally dominate international affairs. Europe provides the most striking and dramatic example of this change, but the United States, which still retains colossal potential, also no longer feels as confident as it did a decade and a half or two ago. At the same time, the relative independence ...
... could speak boldly, posture grandly. But in the three years since, not much has changed. Despite grand declarations and strategy papers, the bloc has failed to meaningfully expand its defense capacity. At most, they might manage to recruit a few thousand mercenaries from impoverished Balkan states to send to the front. Even this is unlikely. Any serious move toward independent military power in Western Europe will immediately trigger scrutiny from Washington. The US has no intention of allowing its trans-Atlantic partners to act unilaterally – no matter how often it demands they ‘do more’. When Trump says the bloc must rearm, he means it should ...
... observers, this will not occur. History offers no examples of rapid transformations in the international order – even the fall of the Roman Empire spanned centuries, marked by internal decay and external pressures. Similarly, the decline of medieval Europe’s political system endured for over a century and a half, remaining incomplete even after the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648). Every recorded attempt to overturn the existing order through revolutionary means has ended in the rebels’ defeat ...
Modern Western Europe is quickly becoming a real-world demonstration of Hegel’s famous dictum – that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce Modern Western Europe is quickly becoming a real-world demonstration of Hegel’s famous dictum – that ...
... recent years have confirmed Russia’s ability to withstand the central confrontation with the West in its history, by relying on its internal resources and by adapting to emerging challenges. Moreover, the change in the global balance of power, where Europe’s fall into strategic oblivion has become a major event, also contributes to the successful implementation of Russia’s foreign policy interests. This means that Russia has once again demonstrated its ability to defend in the international arena ...
The West won’t go away – Eurasia must learn to manage it For a Eurasian state, total isolation from Western Europe is not only undesirable, it is likely impossible. For those genuinely committed to the project of a cooperative and developmental Eurasian space, the key political ...
... might one day have to answer for their words. Now, the response has arrived, and the EU is left bewildered, asking: “Why us?” But beyond personal grievances, there is a deeper ideological pergence at play. In many ways, Vance’s critique of the Europeans echoed the same accusations that the settlers of the New World leveled at the Old Continent centuries ago: tyranny, hypocrisy, and parasitism. The rejection of European political traditions laid the ideological foundation for the American state three hundred years ago. ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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