American expert says Russia is a superpower and it is time for the West to realize this – International panorama
WASHINGTON, December 26. / TASS /. Russia is a superpower on the international stage, not a decadent country as the Western press describes it, and the United States must realize this. This is stated in the published in the electronic version of the newspaper Hill an article dealing with international relations by the American professor Andrew Letham.
He emphasizes that “reports of Russia’s decline are greatly exaggerated.” “The tales of Russia’s collapse have been spreading with surprising consistency since the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 25, exactly three decades ago. – said a professor at McAlester College (Minnesota).
However, the political scientist stresses, “such characteristics are highly misleading,” and “the myth of Russian decline is precisely a myth.” “Indeed, they are completely wrong. Russia is no longer the geopolitical country on the brink of collapse that it is in the post-Soviet period. In fact, the opposite is true. – And any American global strategy worthy of its name.
Recognition of Russia as a superpower
He noted that “Moscow has carried out a radical modernization and improved the country’s nuclear and conventional forces, achieving overwhelmingly impressive results.” “Similarly, there is no doubt that Moscow is capable of using the” soft “and” sharp “power capabilities of a great power,” added Lethem. “Finally – and this is very important – one of the key components of superpower status has always been self-perception. <...> And there is no doubt that Russia perceives itself this way, ”the professor said. Thus, he continued, “there is little doubt that Russia is a superpower,” it has everything it needs to do this.
In this regard, in the summer of the United States, this fact is the “era of multipolar superpowers.” “To be delusional that this is something else – Cold War II or some other similar under-analogy that uses“ the only remaining superpower ”” means fundamentally misunderstanding the geopolitical environment in which we find ourselves today. Taking into account the possible consequences, it would not hurt us to take a step, “- concluded the professor.