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Putin Asks Europe to Join Him |
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Published by Washington Post/Newsweek (USA)
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Friday, 23 February 2007 |
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Putin Asks Europe to Join Him "Before the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, Russia considered itself the heir of Rome or at least of Byzantium, the second Rome. When the Byzantine Empire fell, Russia dubbed itself the Third Rome. Byzantium had been the pre-eminent power of an unipolar world. But once on the defensive, unable to lead its empire, it fell back on a policy of balance and stability. They relied on small tilts in that balance, which went in their favor. The speech made by Putin on February 10th in Munich was not the declaration of a new Cold War. Instead, it was a message that the world is shifting again from a unipolar one to a multipolar one. Russia is putting Europe on notice that Moscow’s geo-political interests are in a multipolar world. Put [sic: should be 'Putin'] asks Europe: Where will you stand in that multipolar world?..." Great article - we have a comment on the article's website comments section.
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