Russia in Global Affairs

Professor Sergei Karaganov, in an interview with Al Mayadeen English, outlines Russia’s civilizational turn: rejecting Western liberalism, embracing its multiethnic spiritual heritage, Siberian future, and its Eastward path to revive a mission of service over consumption.

A geopolitical and geoeconomic earthquake is shaking the world. Thanks largely to Russia, the West’s centuries-old military-based dominance is ending. New countries are rising, and previously suppressed civilizations are recovering. While these developments are welcomed by the majority of nations, they poses the risk of conflict and even world war.

In its effort to weaken Russia through the war in Ukraine, Washington is driven by the desire to hold back the destruction of the unipolar world order.

Europe’s reliance on the U.S. is no longer sustainable. Glenn Diesen introduces an alternative. If the Russian-Chinese partnership gains sufficient geoeconomic power, it can integrate Europe with Asia into a Eurasian supercontinent. In this scenario the EU can diversify its partners and avoid excessive dependence on one player or region.

The collapse of any global empire always had a profound and lasting impact on the entire world history, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union was also the case. The Soviet Union was more than just a country; it was an “empire” that united countries covering the Eurasian continent, a military alliance and a large economic association, as well as a worldwide ideology and a peculiar social system.