Russian Insider
"The simple truth is that Russia is on the move, while the United States is losing it's grip on the world. With such a distorted picture of reality, the American establishment thus produces equally distorted policies as regards to Russia..."
1980s consultant to the US Republican administrations believes that
today Russia is on the move, while America is losing its grip on the
world.
Dmitry Mikheev is a former Soviet dissident, imprisoned for 6 years in a Gulag in the 1970's for his 'anti-state activities'.
After emigrating to the United States in 1979, he soon joined the Hudson Institute, an influential neoconservative think tank, working there as a Senior Fellow from 1988 to 1996 . After the collapse of communism and the USSR, he came to the conclusion that for the US foreign policy and security establishment Russia had remained the arch-rival. He returned to Russia and became a vocal critic of neocon ideologies and policies.
This article was written exclusively for RI. A personal interview with Mr. Mikheev covering his life and experiences will be published on RI in the near future.
Several geopolitical tremors have occurred recently that may be signalling the approach of a major tectonic shift. Putin's speeches at the UN, Valdai and Russia's recent actions in Syria might just represent the beginning of a new page in history, not quite yet understood for what it is. America's political elites should be paying very close attention because this shift might just mark the beginning of the end of their exceptionalism and leadership, even their very own raison d'etre.
The American establishment appears to live in a fantasy world believing that Putin's adventurism has damaged Russia's economy, now in supposed free-fall and deteriorated his power necessitating a tightening of political screws making the country ripe for a "color revolution." This is a very naïve and blind sighted outlook indeed! The economic decline in Russia can be mostly attributed to low oil prices and to a lesser degree, western sanctions.
Putin's "little war" in Georgia, the dazzling Sochi Winter Olympics, the reunification with Crimea and support given to Donbas in resisting Kiev's murderous "anti-terrorist campaign"... all of this has resulted in an unprecedented increase in his popularity at home with approval ratings reaching 90%. Ironically, contrary to undermining it, American policy toward Russia and Putin has strengthened their position, pushing Russia to diversify and develop its domestic economy, reform its military and substantially elevate Russia's standing in the world.
The simple truth is that Russia is on the move, while the United States is losing it's grip on the world.
With such a distorted picture of reality, the American establishment thus produces equally distorted policies as regards to Russia; that NATO should station additional ground forces in Europe, that a no-fly zone should be established over Syria etc. America's policy of "regime change" has led to the destabilization of entire regions. Their actions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria were brought about by supporting Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi sect, the root inspiration for the majority of Jihadist movements thus spawning powerful terrorist groups. For decades, the US has pursued a policy of eroding Russia's sphere of influence by funding color revolutions, systematically toppling the governments of all the countries within the geopolitical orbit of the former Soviet Union.
Dmitry Mikheev is a former Soviet dissident, imprisoned for 6 years in a Gulag in the 1970's for his 'anti-state activities'.
After emigrating to the United States in 1979, he soon joined the Hudson Institute, an influential neoconservative think tank, working there as a Senior Fellow from 1988 to 1996 . After the collapse of communism and the USSR, he came to the conclusion that for the US foreign policy and security establishment Russia had remained the arch-rival. He returned to Russia and became a vocal critic of neocon ideologies and policies.
This article was written exclusively for RI. A personal interview with Mr. Mikheev covering his life and experiences will be published on RI in the near future.
Several geopolitical tremors have occurred recently that may be signalling the approach of a major tectonic shift. Putin's speeches at the UN, Valdai and Russia's recent actions in Syria might just represent the beginning of a new page in history, not quite yet understood for what it is. America's political elites should be paying very close attention because this shift might just mark the beginning of the end of their exceptionalism and leadership, even their very own raison d'etre.
The American establishment appears to live in a fantasy world believing that Putin's adventurism has damaged Russia's economy, now in supposed free-fall and deteriorated his power necessitating a tightening of political screws making the country ripe for a "color revolution." This is a very naïve and blind sighted outlook indeed! The economic decline in Russia can be mostly attributed to low oil prices and to a lesser degree, western sanctions.
Putin's "little war" in Georgia, the dazzling Sochi Winter Olympics, the reunification with Crimea and support given to Donbas in resisting Kiev's murderous "anti-terrorist campaign"... all of this has resulted in an unprecedented increase in his popularity at home with approval ratings reaching 90%. Ironically, contrary to undermining it, American policy toward Russia and Putin has strengthened their position, pushing Russia to diversify and develop its domestic economy, reform its military and substantially elevate Russia's standing in the world.
The simple truth is that Russia is on the move, while the United States is losing it's grip on the world.
With such a distorted picture of reality, the American establishment thus produces equally distorted policies as regards to Russia; that NATO should station additional ground forces in Europe, that a no-fly zone should be established over Syria etc. America's policy of "regime change" has led to the destabilization of entire regions. Their actions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria were brought about by supporting Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi sect, the root inspiration for the majority of Jihadist movements thus spawning powerful terrorist groups. For decades, the US has pursued a policy of eroding Russia's sphere of influence by funding color revolutions, systematically toppling the governments of all the countries within the geopolitical orbit of the former Soviet Union.
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