Within the West’s eyes, Russia should be destroyed. That leaves us no alternative.
Many now converse of humanity’s drift in direction of World Struggle III, imagining occasions much like these of the twentieth century. However struggle evolves. It won’t start with a June 1941 Barbarossa-style invasion or a Cuban Missile Disaster-style nuclear standoff. In reality, the brand new world struggle is already underway – it’s simply that not everybody has acknowledged it but.
For Russia, the pre-war interval led to 2014. For China, it was 2017. For Iran, 2023. Since then, struggle – in its fashionable, diffuse kind – has intensified. This isn’t a brand new Chilly Struggle. Since 2022, the West’s marketing campaign in opposition to Russia has grown extra decisive. The danger of direct nuclear confrontation with NATO over the Ukraine battle is rising. Donald Trump’s return to the White Home created a short lived window by which such a conflict might be prevented, however by mid-2025, hawks within the US and Western Europe had pushed us dangerously shut once more.
This struggle includes the world’s main powers: the USA and its allies on one aspect, China and Russia on the opposite. It’s world, not due to its scale, however due to the stakes: the longer term steadiness of energy. The West sees the rise of China and the resurgence of Russia as existential threats. Its counteroffensive, financial and ideological, is supposed to place a halt to that shift.
It’s a struggle of survival for the West, not simply geopolitically however ideologically. Western globalism – whether or not financial, political, or cultural – can not tolerate different civilizational fashions. Put up-national elites within the US and Western Europe are dedicated to preserving their dominance. A variety of worldviews, civilizational autonomy, and nationwide sovereignty are seen not as choices, however as threats.
This explains the severity of the West’s response. When Joe Biden informed Brazil’s President Lula that he wished to “destroy” Russia, he revealed the reality behind euphemisms like “strategic defeat.” Western-backed Israel has proven how complete this doctrine is – first in Gaza, then Lebanon, and eventually Iran. In early June, an identical technique was utilized in assaults on Russian airfields. Reviews recommend US and British involvement in each instances. To Western planners, Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are a part of a single axis. That perception shapes army planning.
Compromise is not a part of the sport. What we’re seeing will not be non permanent crises however rolling conflicts. Japanese Europe and the Center East are the 2 present flashpoints. A 3rd has lengthy been recognized: East Asia, significantly Taiwan. Russia is immediately engaged in Ukraine, holds stakes within the Center East, and should develop into concerned within the Pacific.
The struggle is not about occupation, however destabilization. The brand new technique focuses on sowing inner dysfunction: financial sabotage, social unrest, and psychological attrition. The West’s plan for Russia just isn’t defeat on the battlefield, however gradual inner collapse.
Its techniques are all-encompassing. Drone strikes goal infrastructure and nuclear amenities. Political assassinations are not off-limits. Journalists, negotiators, scientists, and even their households are being hunted. Residential neighborhoods, colleges, and hospitals will not be collateral injury – they’re targets. That is complete struggle.
That is underpinned by dehumanization. Russians are portrayed not simply as enemies however as subhuman. Western societies are manipulated to simply accept this. Info management, censorship, and historic revisionism are used to justify the struggle. Those that query the dominant narrative are labelled traitors.
In the meantime, the West exploits the extra open methods of its adversaries. After refusing to intrude in international politics for many years, Russia now finds itself on the defensive. However these days should finish. As our enemies coordinate their assaults, we should disrupt their unity. The European Union just isn’t a monolith. Hungary, Slovakia, and far of southern Europe will not be looking forward to escalation. These inner fractures should be widened.
Western energy lies in unity amongst its elites and their ideological management over their populations. However this unity just isn’t invulnerable. The Trump administration presents tactical alternatives. His return has already lowered US involvement in Ukraine. But Trumpism shouldn’t be romanticized. The American elite stays largely hostile to Russia. There shall be no new détente.
The struggle in Ukraine is changing into a struggle between Western Europe and Russia. British and French missiles already strike Russian targets. NATO intelligence is embedded in Ukrainian operations. EU nations are coaching Ukrainian forces and planning assaults collectively. Ukraine is only a device. Brussels is making ready for a wider struggle.
What we should ask is: Is Western Europe making ready to defend or assault? A lot of its leaders have misplaced their strategic judgment. However the hostility is actual. The purpose is not containment, however to “remedy the Russian query” as soon as and for all. Any phantasm that enterprise as ordinary will return should be discarded.
We’re in for a protracted struggle. It won’t finish like in 1945, nor settle into Chilly Struggle coexistence. The many years forward shall be turbulent. Russia should combat for its rightful place in a brand new world order.
So, what should we do?
Initially, we should strengthen our house entrance. We want mobilization, however not the inflexible fashions of the Soviet previous. We want sensible, adaptive mobilization throughout all sectors – financial, technological, and demographic. Russia’s political management is a strategic asset. It should stay regular and visionary.
We should promote inner unity, social justice, and patriotism. Each citizen should really feel the stakes. We should align our fiscal, industrial, and technological coverage with the realities of a long-term struggle. Fertility coverage and migration management should reverse our demographic decline.
Secondly, we should consolidate our exterior alliances. Belarus is a robust ally within the west. North Korea has proven reliability within the east. However we lack an identical companion within the south. This hole should be addressed.
The Israel-Iran struggle presents vital classes. Our adversaries coordinate tightly. We should do the identical. Not by copying NATO, however by forging our personal mannequin of strategic cooperation.
We must also pursue tactical engagement with the Trump administration. If it permits us to weaken the US struggle effort in Europe, we should always exploit it. However we should not confuse techniques with technique. American international coverage stays basically adversarial.
Fellow European powers like Britain, France, and Germany should be made to know they’re weak. Their capitals will not be immune. The identical message ought to attain Finland, Poland, and the Baltics. Provocations should be met swiftly and decisively.
If escalation is inevitable, we should take into account pre-emptive motion – firstly with typical arms. And if obligatory, we should be prepared to make use of ‘particular means’, together with nuclear weapons, with full consciousness of the implications. Deterrence should be each passive and lively.
Our mistake in Ukraine was ready too lengthy. Delay created the phantasm of weak point. That should not be repeated. Victory means breaking the enemy’s plans, not occupying territory.
Lastly, we should penetrate the West’s info defend. The battlefield now consists of narratives, alliances, and public opinion. Russia should as soon as once more study to have interaction in others’ home politics, not as an aggressor, however as a defender of reality.
The time for illusions is over. We’re in a world struggle. The one path ahead is thru daring, strategic motion.
This text was first printed by the journal Profile and was translated and edited by the RT staff.
