New article by Professor Karaganov "From the Non-West to the World Majority" was published in Russian language in "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine No. 5 (2022). Pp. 6-18. The english translation is attached.
Scientific Head, School of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University Honorary Chairman, Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Interview for LIMES.
I hope you are not suicidal. Of course that would damage Russia, too, but Europe would undermine its economy and its social situation. I hope it will not happen, because you can calculate your own interests.
Karaganov has promoted the concept of “Greater Eurasia” and has defended a closer partnership with China. He is known as a foreign-policy hawk, and has argued that the long reign of the West in world politics is now at an end.
Constructive destruction is not aggressive. Russia maintains it isn’t going to attack anyone or blow them up. It simply doesn’t need to. The outside world provides Russia with more and more geopolitical opportunities for medium-term development as it is.
Millions of pages have been written about the history and theory of the Cold War. I will give you one more interpretation. The Cold War is one of the types of international competition for resources (territory, population, and economic potential per se) that has accompanied humanity throughout its history.
Over the last six months, most commentators have finally stopped saying that the relationship between Russia and the United States is “at its worst since the end of the Cold War” and begun recognizing the obvious: a new Cold War is unfolding.
A new interview with S.A. Karaganov “Let’s get it straight ― a Patriotic War is on” was originally published on the website of the weekly "Profil" on September 26, 2022 . The translation is attached.
Scientific Head, School of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University Honorary Chairman, Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Interview for LIMES.