M Bilal Hamza<\/p>\n
This is for sure that imperialism isn\u2019t going to fade away<\/p>\n
Here we go folks, we\u2019re about to step into another hostile era in all probability. The story is that amid the recent contestations between the two superpowers: America and Russia, the former\u2019s long-held monopoly is shrivelling up as it is being met with an immediate showdown by the latter, which is all set to reassert its control over the states that once formed the Soviet Union. Apparently, a broader campaign, it purports to the expansion of the Russian sphere of influence, a concept American diplomats have already rejected. Though the animosity between the heavyweights never faded out anytime among history leaves, it never has fomented in last three decades this way as it could be seen right at this moment!
\nWhat\u2019s going on by the way?
\nWell, the high voltage drama began when the United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva saw a failed diplomatic dialogue with Russia, where they both were seen furiously refuting each other, foaming at the mouth, while leaving floundering UN to look like even more hapless.
\nBiden\u2019s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, didn\u2019t seem to hold back any punches. In his exact words, he goes: \u201cWe have been very clear with Russia on the costs and consequences of further military action or destabilization.\u201d A loud and clear warning sign for Russia to hold back if it is having any such violent ideas up its sleeves!
\nSo is this it? Do we have any chances of reconciliations, cordiality reflowing, or any resurrecting shades of settlements? Honestly, from the Russian end, it is a dead end. If you doubt us, let\u2019s catch up with someone from the Russian high office: Deputy foreign minister, Sergei A Ryabkov, who terms the outcome of failed nexus\u2013Europe and America\u2013to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine as a \u201cdead end.\u201d Yes, you\u2019ve heard it right, dead-end!
\nIs Moscow playing between contradictions?
\nIf on one hand, Russia demands that NATO, an alliance founded to contain Soviet power, drastically scale back its presence near Russia\u2019s borders in Eastern Europe, it is playing between too many contradictions to date. While tens of thousands of Russian troops already amassing over the peripheries of Ukraine, President Vladimir V Putin\u2019s assertion of having no interest in invading Ukraine is deemed as another tactical strategy he is well known for.
\nThe strength of Russia\u2019s \u201csphere of influence\u201d and America\u2019s superpower status is certainly the key players here, ready to lock horns, while the background goes fading. It is said that any time warping to the 1980\u2019s styled confrontation has been ruled out since the dynamics of contemporary wars are changed. The experts say that the power matrix has evolved more into digitals than just material. The physical invasion of 20th-century styles has either gone a bit obsolete or it might simply leave a bad taste in the mouth owing to several socio-political modifications that happened in last two decades.
\nSo the wars aren\u2019t going to be fought on battlefields and rather on computers, right?
\nThe answer is \u201cpartially yes.\u201d The cyber attacks are on the surge. Amid Ukraine\u2019s conflict with Russia, the cyberattacks targeting Ukraine\u2019s government websites have gone beyond numbers. The hackers posted a message, recently, on the site of the Foreign Ministry saying, \u201cBe afraid and expect the worst.\u201d As expected, the provenance of the hacking could not be delineated.
\nDespite Putin\u2019s prodigy at Cyberattacks to influence elections, United States\u2019 soft-power influence in former Soviet states could not be snubbed considering the lion\u2019s share of technology gadgets are yet to be flown in from America. Therefore, it looks quite cumbersome for Russia to beat America in a technology face-off.
\nBesides technology, Moscow might face a strong disagreement from former Soviet republics\u2019 youth that is now having \u201ca degree of liberal yearning\u201d and impartial attributes have grown among them, contrary to what their forerunners possessed. The younger generation doesn\u2019t want trouble and they are not as battle-hardened and rugged as their predecessors were. If Moscow ropes in with any territorial expansion adventure, the perils might wreak havoc on multiple fronts, including chances of development of insurgencies within Russian terrains, backed up by non-state actors. According to the former British ambassador to Russia, Andrew Wood, if Putin goes for the kill, it won\u2019t be easy for him to safeguard reputation and cordiality with youth: \u201cIt\u2019s a big mistake. Being a successful bully lasts for a time, perhaps, but it doesn\u2019t make you love somebody.\u201d
\nThe United States, having actively participated in several meetings at Geneva, Brussels, and Vienna to dissuade Russia from its vehemence intentions towards Ukraine, looks all set to combat on propaganda platforms. With Washington already accusing Moscow of sending diversionists into eastern Ukraine that could provide Putin exculpation for sabotaging Ukraine, it looks like the diplomats have called it a day!
\nSo what would happen if no dialogues exist? Is war imminent? Who is going to be the winner?
\nWe could just assume, forecast, and prognosticate. However, the winner might be someone just been introduced to the table! It seems China has its moment. Its humongous economic roller coaster has begun to climb the first hill and that too without any apprehensions. This is, probably, the ideal time for China to stamp its authority worldwide as a true financial leader, and boy, America wouldn\u2019t want that. In the straits, where the Taliban surged back to power two decades after US-led forces toppled its regime in what led to the United States\u2019 longest war, the United States wouldn\u2019t want to open up another war field, for sure.
\nAccording to the director at the Atlantic Council, Barry Pavel, It\u2019s the return of history, where great powers go at it and things get really bad sometimes. Expect a very tumultuous decade. Most importantly, let\u2019s not undermine the words of Andrew Wood, the former British ambassador to Russia: \u201cChina will be watching carefully,\u201d to see which move the United States makes. Russian success in invasion without meaningful deterrence would \u201cprove that the U.S. is not a formidable enemy.\u201d
\nThis is for sure that imperialism isn\u2019t going to fade away. However, what consequences we might counter when regional powers with growing ambitions proceed opportunistically to expand their territorial control and influence in the modern era is a point to ponder. While the whirlwind dialogues between Russia and the rest are dying out in the face of stubborn Moscow; America\u2019s reputation, without any doubt, is at stake. In the pandemonium, the decision made by Washington shall have serious implications for not only America\u2019s reputation but also a test for Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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