... will have repercussions that go far beyond Europe
The military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine is not an ethnic conflict: ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Russians are fighting... ... Russia-Ukraine conflict
It would be hard to argue that Ukraine has already emerged as a model of Western-style liberal democracy. But the country is persistently moving in this direction—slowly... ... and domesticated Russia. A quiet Russia would allow the West to cope more easily with China, which would be the only major obstacle to liberal hegemony and the long-awaited...
Russia has only temporarily captured China’s seemingly entrenched role as a major U.S. villain, while the West will fight for the narratives to influence the minds and hearts of the rest of ... ... are living through times of change. Russia has started a “special operation” in Ukraine, and the West can do little or nothing. Impotence is always a difficult thing... ... depletion of confidence worse than 2009. Western voices say that “Russia has brought NATO together”. Well—after the current Western songs and hymns are replaced with...
... sanctions signal the strategy of economic eviction and dramatic abandonment of the West’s earlier strategy of a truly globalized capitalist economy, in which Russia and China are stakeholders
For Russia, this moment is even more of a hinge in history... ... turned zero-sum by Western overkill.
The outcome of the ongoing military action in Ukraine is more than decisive for Russia; it is determinant. President Biden called... ... homicide”. The result of that suicide was the dawn of unipolarity and the shift of NATO towards Russia. Today, Putin’s Russia is expected to commit suicide again by...
