Research centers are busy in the United States of America, and in many Western countries in the search for Russia’s reservoirs, especially since the Russian -Ukrainian war revealed many gaps on the two banks; Russian and Western.
Russia was able to withstand Western sanctions in a way that the West did not expect itself, at a time when Russia is chasing the other everywhere, especially in Africa. Does Russia have perceptions and plans to confront Western and American hegemony over the world and its threat to Russian interests.
In order to start on this topic, it is necessary to read the strategic thinking of Russia, so its visualization of itself is that it is an exceptional great power on the international scene, supported by the national myths of Orthodox heritage with a unique Russian world, the Russian Sardah goes that the feelings of the superpower have roots dating back to the centuries, the United States and Western Europe wounded the dignity of this power, and this extended to the vital field The strategic power of this force, which touched its pride, so the contact with the Russian geography threatens the feeling of this force.
Russia with the Ukrainian war paves the way for a multi -polar world coming, so it adopts policies to undermine Western domination of the world, some of these policies have eaten, while others failed, so Russia went to a number of policies based on the following:
In the past years, Russia has sought to preserve its hegemony over the countries of the former Soviet Union, as it is from its point of view its vital field, especially with the presence of Russian communities in it that supports Russian influence, so Russia has linked it through regional organizations linking it securityly and economically, so Russia benefited from this in undermining Western sanctions against it.
The Eurasian Economic Union countries have become the back door to undermine these sanctions, and therefore we see a Russian focus on Shanghai and the Brexes Group; To undermine Western domination of the global economy, while ending the dominance of the dollar to the global economy.
Many Russian experts believe that undermining American domination of the world comes through the errors of the West itself, as happened from fatal mistakes in the US war in Afghanistan and its withdrawal, and the recent Gaza war, which led to the instability of global security and the lack of international cooperation, and this strengthened the call to institutionalize a new global system, and prepare for the post -West stage.
The direct Russian intervention to support and support its loyalists and those who are compatible with it, as happened in the recent Roman elections, as well as enhancing the geopolitical dimension of campaigns against the promotion of democracy and liberal values, from here we see a role for Russia in supporting political elites and parties opposing NATO and the European Union, and Russia also seeks to exacerbate political polarization and separatist movements in Western countries through campaigns Disturbance.
This is what made the Russian elites declare that the United States is in a state of decline as a global dominant power, and that the international system is unstable, and is subject to a profound transformation, so here we see the angle of vision that depends on the West is fragmented, and this is what Trump has proven when he put the interests of the United States first even if this came at the expense of the traditional Europe allies such as Western Europe and Japan, so the car industry in Germany and Japan became threatened Excessive, expanding NATO membership to include Sweden and Finland; Because of the Ukraine war, the West itself is divided around this war.
The Russians argue that the agenda of spreading democracy and American liberalism has always been a cover for radical changes in many countries. Colorful revolutions in Georgia (2003), in Ukraine (2004), and in Kyrgyzstan (2005), were held by personalities with Western tendencies driven by a Western hand, not a product of public discontent, and their support came through non -governmental organizations and regional donors, and this is what happened in their opinion in their opinion Libya, which created Western intervention in a state of chaos and instability.
In 2019, Putin argued that liberal ideas were “outdated”, and that traditional values are more stable and important as a global anti -liberal standard, so Russia focuses in this framework on the family, not the individual and religion, and this is an attractive vision for right -wing and conservative movements in Europe.
The United States supports some dictatorial or other regimes, and this is what the Russians consider excessive hypocrisy to improve the image of these systems, and this is highlighted when the United States uses the rules, norms and international laws only when necessary, so Russia criticized the West and America when they recognize Kosovo as an independent state, arguing that this will not constitute a precedent, and the Russians considered this a clear example of America and its allies’ commitment to international law At the same time a precedent for Russia to justify its recognition of the independence of the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia.
On the other hand, Russia’s refusal to interfere in favor of Armenia in the war of Azerbaijan to restore the Nagurani region of Karaa Bagh, was a rescue of the collective defense security organization that established it, as Armenia lost Russian security guarantees, and as a result the turning of the Armenian public opinion towards Russia.
But on the other side, Russia supported its ally, Qassem Gomart Tukayev, the president of Kazakhstan, in the rebellion it faced, which makes Russia an ally that depends on it in the opinion of a number of Central Asian countries, but also formed Russia’s failure to market the Sputnik vaccine During the Koruna’s pandemic, for example, the West mentioned it on the limited Russian capabilities, despite its precedent in producing the Corona epidemic vaccine, and this is due to productive, then marketing reasons, so China and the West won at the expense of Russia.
On the other side, Russia uses highly information war to enhance misinformation at multiple levels locally, regional and internationally, through complex systems, and this explained its interference in a number of Western electoral entitlements to support its allies, and this method was considered in Russia to undermine American soft power.
The Russian policy is based on cooperation with China in the opposition of the United States, so that the Chinese president stated that cooperation between them is a “partnership without borders”, so China has provided a lot to Russia, but at the same time Russia realizes that China will not compensate for it for the Western market, especially in gas and oil, and in fact, the winner of the Western Russian conflict is China, which the West was occupied to confront Russia, and this is what US President Trump is aware.
But there is now unpopular aspect of the Russian -American competition, which is to control the Arctic, and this explains Trump’s increasing interest in Greenland, Russia has put its strategies for the North Pole on the importance of promoting combat readiness and mobilization, and the Terefel Military Base has built it.
On the other hand, it sought realistic policies that were consistent with an agreement with Norway in 2010, which witnessed a 40 -year border dispute through the Border Sea Appointment Agreement Agreement, and this has undermined Russia’s vocalist statements towards its neighbors, and at the same time Russia is seeking to promote the polar silk road across the Arctic, which will reduce the cost of transporting Chinese goods to Europe and others.
The Arctic rings the Russians ears not only with multiple wealth- for example, it has 30 % of the unveiled gas reserves in the world- but also as an extension of the borders of the Russian Empire, as Russia physically has half of the Arctic coast, hence the United States that has Alaska in the Arctic, sees that it has benefits in this pole, so Greenland is a point of contact between them.
All of the above summarizes how Russia undermines American domination, along with the European West, over the world, Russia seeks to enhance its strategic depth for the national survival, and thus seek to limit the role of NATO, the disturbance of the West from within, and to undermine the influence of the West in Africa by expelling France from its traditional areas of influence, building a firm alliance with China, building a narrative based on the system of traditional values in the face of an escalation Individualism and absolute freedom of the individual in the West, and affirming that its vital field is not subject to penetration, filling the void, such as its role with China in Afghanistan, or playing a role in Libya, and its appearance as an indispensable resource in the global food system (wheat).
Then, in the end, emphasizing a multi -polar world that leads it through alliances and organizations that undermine the Western system, and in the end, Russia will not be the winner in all of the above and not America and with it Western Europe, but China is the biggest winner that benefited from this conflict, and expanded in areas of alliance and cooperation through Asia, Africa, and Latin America with multiple programs.
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