Russia in Global Affairs

The US and its allies are beating a drum that isn’t finding receptive ears. Most states have other priorities.

Most believe ethnic Europeans are colonialists and hope to end their stranglehold on power. When the current conflict comes to an end, it will be the majority countries of the world that will have strengthened their positions the most.

The BRICS will move toward the alter-West rather than the anti-West. The BRICS space can be developed as a tool for diversifying the world and moving away from Western domination toward a far more multifaceted scenario. It will be further enhanced and strengthened in the process, albeit a long process.

A large part of the global majority sees current events as just another confrontation between white people.

In fact, the post-Soviet period started with the Karabakh conflict. And the fact that it is somehow coming to an end, even if in this way, is in some sense a symbol of the end of the post-Soviet period. Things will be different from now on.

The era of ethical and ideological assessments, normative for all, lasted several decades. Today’s approach is much more relativistic, with many different ethical systems fighting for their equal rights. The Global Majority will always strive for flexible forms of partnership, multidirectional policy, and hedging rather than universal subordination.

Sanctimoniously shying away from the very thought of nuclear weapons use would be tantamount to playing ostrich. In this sense, we must thank Sergei Karaganov for stating his positon so straightforwardly. Discussing it should be part of the efforts to work out a new understanding of strategic stability in place of the one that cannot be restored any more.

There are two opposing “antiworlds” locked in a fight for a new world hierarchy, with two special operations at its heart: Russia against Ukraine and the West against Russia. China’s engagement adds scale to this fight.

In this insightful interview conducted by Modern Diplomacy executive Kester Kenn Klomegah with Fyodor Lukyanov, Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Research Director at the Valdai Discussion Club, and Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, focused largely on Russia and Africa relations, and a few aspects of the emerging new world order.