Russia in Global Affairs

Russia, China, and the US form a strategic triangle of power that is not static. It will shift.

No scenario of the future suggests the advent of a force that could establish order and restrain the centripetal forces. Thus, the age of transition is likely to be long and, unfortunately, we may see more chaos in world affairs.

Nothing happens overnight. The Great Transition might take years and even decades. The year 2024 surely marked the beginning of a new period of change in modern history.

The World Majority is better viewed as part of the international environment rather than a fully-fledged agent. The Majority can form and express opinions on others’ actions, but it does not actually support the actions of anyone. At this point, it is more like a global ‘muffler.’

As we transition from a dying world to a new one in its turbulent birth pangs – we find ourselves in a foggy interregnum that urgently needs more clarity for us to move on. Professor Sergei Karaganov discusses the developments in Russia and the world, especially with the nuclear threat growing evermore present, with Al Mayadeen.

The confrontation between Russia and the West is intensifying but not changing in quality. Major changes have occurred in the part of the world that is not involved in the conflict but affected by it. The World Majority becomes increasingly convinced that the influence of those who have long dictated the rules in the international arena is declining.

The Central Asian countries clearly intend to develop relations with all major powers other than Russia with which they have longstanding ties.

To win the war of economies, where the enemy has all the trump cards — from a solid share in world trade to the printing press of the world’s reserve currency — we need, as military theory teaches us, an asymmetric strategy. It is useless to try to break through the sanctions wall: you need to learn how to get around it by interacting with the structures of the shadow economy.

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