"Anyone who calls Russia a great world power — I disagree."
The argument is brutally simple: Russia has only TWO dimensions of power — military and energy.
Real power requires more:
▪️ Technology that makes others permanently dependent
▪️ Infrastructure others can't route around
▪️ Information networks and mutual dependency
▪️ And the trade volume to back it all up
Russia plays on none of these fields. So what's left? Escalating crises.
Moscow's Middle East logic is scorched earth: Syria and Iraq must never become the bridge that carries Gulf energy straight to Europe. The day that happens, Russia's last card is gone.
Which raises the hard question — why has Moscow been one of the biggest encouragers of prolonged conflict for the Islamic Republic?
Great power, or declining power? Tell us in the comments.
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