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"Four years ago, Vladimir Putin escalated his war against Ukraine to an all-out
assault. The plan was for a quick and lively campaign and a speedy takeover of
a country the Russian president thought shouldn’t exist.
Victory would reassert Russia’s status and hasten a shift from a unipolar to a
multipolar world; instead of one great power (the United States), we’d have
several. Russia would, of course, become one of the “greats”.
So, how’d that go?
Four years on, Russia has not found itself among fellow great powers willing to
divide up the globe.
A middle power despite its great power cravings, Russia has instead been forced
into a growing dependence on China while having to deal with a multitude of
hostile middle powers, which often thwart its ambitions.
A greater failure is hard to imagine."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
