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This article conceptualizes the current crises around Ukraine and Taiwan
as “a reverse Cuban missile crisis.” The Cuban missile crisis was a turning
point in the history of the Cold War. The two superpowers found themselves
at the brink of mutual annihilation and turned to negotiations to prevent
it. Today the transformation of the world order and escalation of the great
power competition can culminate in a new crisis like the Cuban one, and
with a similar outcome. However, in contrast to the USSR which ultimately
recognized the United States’ red lines, today the U.S. does not recognize
Russia’s and China’s red lines, denying the very legitimacy of red lines as
such. The U.S. plans to retain its hegemony and seeks to achieve it with the
help of its regional allies. This strategy of “offshore balancing” has proven
to be quite useful for the U.S., which seems to ignore any discontent coming
from Russia and China.
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ID:
148333
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Armen Oganesyan, Editor-in-Chief of International Affairs: Sergey Alekseyevich, despite the hot summer months, there is no holiday season in international life. Even though some people still maintain that we are in isolation, Russia is present in virtually all main global political developments. This applies even to the U.S. election campaign. I mean, of course, the recent statement by the U.S. president that the hacking attack on the online resource of the Democratic Party may have been organized by Russian special services.
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ID:
172945
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ID:
189821
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The paper analyzes the current crisis in Russia’s relations with Western
countries and possible scenarios of further developments. The author
concludes that the West is essentially at war with Russia as the very concept
of war is not limited to a direct armed clash but suggests efforts by one
power to compel the opponent to fulfil this power’s will. The current crisis
was precipitated by the collapse of the Soviet Union, which heralded the
West’s victory in the Cold War. Russia was not included in the Western bloc
as a full-fledged member, and the West never intended to recognize Russia’s
right to become an independent great power. The great power status is
an objective necessity for Russia, but its potential does not allow it to
confront the collective West on equal terms. One possible solution is further
rapprochement with China which has the capability to claim the status of a
second superpower.
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