Trump鈥檚 propensity to resolve entrenched armed conflicts by negotiating quick 鈥減eace deals鈥 is also far from encouraging. The trend of uneven diffusion of power among multiple 鈥減oles鈥 in the inherently unbalanced world system is progressing and accelerating, and the hope that ambitious leaders firmly set on putting their parochial interests first and making their domains 鈥済reat again鈥 would show responsibility in managing proliferating conflicts implies a stretch of strategic imagination. Russia has praised and promoted multipolarity for many years, but with its depressed economy, disastrous demography, and corrupt bureaucracy, it is destined to be a designated loser in this ruthless world system.
Baev, Pavel K. (2025) Multipolarity matures, but not according to Putin's plan, Panorama UIK (1鈥3). 14 July.