Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Paranoid Expansionism

2021 Why Russia wants to restore the Soviet borders - Caspian > .
24-5-10 Why Kazakhstan is Insanely Empty - Real > .
2:58 Arctic Border
3:23 Arctic chokepoints 
3:47 Eastern chokepoints, barriers
4:40 Eastern Europe
5:49 European Plain
6:42 Volgograd Gap
7:23 Baltic Nations
8:29 Carpathian mountains in Western Ukraine
9:07 Poland
10:03 Divide & Conquer - separatist agitation
10:23 Caucasus
12:23 Central Asia 
13:21 China's Belt & Road initiative
Black Sea blockade 
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Lithuania 

Geostrategic Projection
European Geostrategic Projection ..

Popular Resistance to Despots





Despotism
(Δεσποτισμός, despotismós) is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power. Normally, that entity is an individual, the despot, as in an autocracy, but societies which limit respect and power to specific groups have also been called despotic.

Colloquially, the word despot applies pejoratively to those who use their power and authority to oppress their populace, subjects, or subordinates. More specifically, the term often applies to a head of state or government. In this sense, it is similar to the pejorative connotations that are associated with the terms tyrant and dictator.

Post-Soviet Tensions - Belarus & Russia

Are Belarus and Russia parting ways? > .
24-2-14 Coup-Proofing USSR/Ruscist Orcine Military (subs) - Katz > .

Primakov Doctrine

2021 Multipolar World - Russia's Primakov Doctrine in the Middle East - gtbt > .
23-9-7 Three Abominable P00ti LIES: Ukraine to WW2 | Tele > .
23-9-4 Backbone of P00tinism | [P00's P0wer: Scapegoating, Fear] (subs) - Katz > .
23-8-29 Dictatorships: From Spin to Fear | Ruscist Regression (subs) - Katz > .
23-8-17 [Twisted] History Book | [Lying] High School P00paganda (subs) - Katz > .
23-7-23 Defense Ministry vs Reality | P00pagandistic LIES (subs) - Katz > .
23-6-17 Ruscia's Economic Forum: P00ti's hyocrisy & LIES @ SPIEF (subs) - Katz > .
23-4-16 R-U Hybrid Warfare: P00paganda, cyber, hybrid methods - Perun > .
23-3-23 5 Takeaways [Xi’s P00petry visit] - Stubb - STG > .
23-3-14 Ruscist Scourge: West Targeted by HYBRID War - Starsky > .
23-2-19 Ruscia's Grand Strategy & Ukraine - P00's geostrategic disaster - P > .
23-2-3 [Demented Krumblin Conspiracy Poopaganda] (subs) - Katz > .
23-1-19 Kremlin's Bizarre Ideological Mission for 2023 - Vlad > .
22-12-5 Russians tired of poopaganda | Gardening beats Soloviev (subs) - MK > .
22-7-21 Why Every NATO Member Joined (Why Others Haven't) - Spaniel > .

The unipolar world, i.e. with one leading center of power (USA), is becoming a thing of the past. Mainly due to the growing power of China. However, Russia also has been implementing its plan to become one of the global poles of agency for over 20 years now. This strategy is defined by the Primakov Doctrine.

00:00 Intro
01:20 Russian Kissinger
04:47 Primakov's Doctrine - Gerasimov's Concept
09:47 Damascus in Need
17:00 Not only Syria
23:22 Outro

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (Евге́ний Макси́мович Примако́в29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and chief of the intelligence service. Primakov was an academician (Arabist) and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Primakov served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 1996 until September 1998. As foreign minister, he gained respect at home and abroad the reputation as a tough but pragmatic supporter of Russia's interests and as an opponent of NATO's expansion into the former Eastern bloc, though on 27 May 1997, after five months of negotiation with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, Russia signed the Foundation Act, which is seen as marking the end of Cold War hostilities. He supported Slobodan Milošević during the Yugoslav Wars.

He was also famously an advocate of multilateralism as an alternative to American global hegemony following the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War. Primakov called for a Russian foreign policy based on low-cost mediation while expanding influence towards the Middle East and the former Soviet republics. Called the "Primakov doctrine", beginning in 1999, he promoted Russia, China, and India as a "strategic triangle" to counterbalance the United States. The move was interpreted by some observers as an agreement to fight together against 'color revolutions' in Central Asia.

The Primakov (Not Gerasimov) Doctrine in Action - Carnegie (pdf)

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...