Russian diplomacy is no longer about co-operation but “putting Westerners in their place”, say ex-Kremlin insiders.

  • Kit Sorens@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    This is by design. Right now they see the future in 3 options. The first and present course sees China as a newest member of a seniorally-locked international economic sphere where China sees it’s place in that hierarchy as beneath them. The second sees China end up like Russia for resisting that outcome, complete with Cold War race-spending and proxy conflicts. Now, they’re pushing for a third option: building up as many small nations into a single opposing economic sphere against the West, banking on both the continued decline of Western markets while theirs somehow does not collapse, and that the West will not act against them so long as they avoid using blatant force as Russia had.

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      Now, they’re pushing for a third option: building up as many small nations into a single opposing economic sphere against the West, banking on both the continued decline of Western markets while theirs somehow does not collapse, and that the West will not act against them so long as they avoid using blatant force as Russia had.

      But Wolf Warrior diplomacy runs contrary to that goal, as it creates hostility in small countries as well as large. No one likes an aggressive diplomat.