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  •  | THE WORLD SPLIT APART 20 | MR Online

    The World Split Apart 2.0: Part 3 and Conclusion

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on December 30, 2022 (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics) (Posted Jan 18, 2023)

    Like during the Cold War, the global schism has a military component that is gradually intensifying. The emerging East-West military standoff is building on the energy of the polarization exacerbated by the Russo-Ukrainian war for NATO expansion.

  •  | THE WORLD SPLIT APART 20 | MR Online

    The World Split Apart 2.0: Part 2

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on December 20, 2022 (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics)

    A series of international organizations—a network of networks—created by Russia and China form the pillars upon which an alternative to the Western-dominated world order are being built. There is already an institutional split between the West and the rest evidencing the pre-schism bifurcation among great powers: the G7 and G20.

  •  | THE WORLD SPLIT APART 20 | MR Online

    The World Split Apart 2.0: Introduction and Part 1

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on November 3, 2022 (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics)

    Nearly a decade ago I began warning that NATO expansion and the West’s failure to understand that Russian national security interests not a Russian desire to ‘recreate the USSR’ or ‘former Russian empire’ would lead to a world split apart between the West and ‘the rest’ (Sino-Russian ‘strategic partnership and those states oriented towards it).

  •  | Moldovan Crisis | MR Online

    The smoldering Moldovan crisis

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on January 7, 2023 by Gordon M. Hahn (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics) (Posted Jan 11, 2023)

    The battle between Russia and the West for Moldova has been ongoing since the Soviet collapse, despite the country’s constitutional ban on joining alliances, presumably applying only to military ones.

  •  | Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky le 15 septembre BELGAIMAGE | MR Online

    The Russian Winter offensive

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on November 22, 2022 by Gordon M. Hahn (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics) (Posted Nov 28, 2022)

    Russia is one or two more massive bombing attacks on Ukraine’s energy and transport infrastructure from permanently disabling Ukraine’s electricity, water, and railroad systems.

  •  | Ukrainian MP Dmytro Yarosh the former leader of the radical movement Right Sector 2018 | MR Online

    Eight years ago in Odessa

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on May 2, 2022 by Gordon M. Hahn (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics) (Posted May 30, 2022)

    Eight years ago in Odessa, the neofascist element in Ukrainian politics, then led by Dmitro Yarosh’s Right Sector, burned to death, shot, and otherwise killed at least some 45 anti-Maidan regime picketers inside the Trade Union Building.

  •  | The Influence of Neofascist and Other Nationalist Groups in Maidan Ukraine | MR Online

    The influence of neofascist and other Nationalist groups in Maidan Ukraine

    Originally published: Russian and Eurasian Politics on May 18, 2022 by Gordan M. Hahn (more by Russian and Eurasian Politics) (Posted May 25, 2022)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a goal of his war in Ukraine the ‘denazification’ of the country.

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    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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