We live in a time when words spoken at the top level quickly turn into specific deeds. The trends and programs implemented over the past decades have been slowly and surely materializing, in a matter of weeks. And this very frenzied pace of world development seems to be creating the "turbulence" that this author himself has repeatedly touched upon in his pieces. Right outside our windows, the wind of economic and military-political change has been occasionally turning into a bar of storm sweeping away old structures that leave room for new realities to sprout valiantly. And here we are — having a living immediate proof of these words.
June 14 this year saw Russian President Vladimir Putin state the following, when delivering his keynote speech before the senior Foreign Ministry officials: "...The task <…> is to outline a vision for equal and indivisible security, mutually beneficial and equitable cooperation, and development on the Eurasian continent in the foreseeable future <…> Having settled the Ukrainian crisis, we, and our partners in the CSTO and the SCO, which today are still making a significant and constructive contribution to the search for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis, as well as Western partners, including European countries that are ready for dialogue, could embark on the fundamental task that I spoke about at the beginning of my statement, namely the creation of an indivisible system of Eurasian security that takes into account the interests of all the states on the continent without exception."
What does this mean? This means that amid the growing global military confrontation, the collective West has been loathing to part with its five-century-long hegemony, and ready to defend its positions by force. Over the past few years, it has embarked upon attacking "non-Western" not in Latin America or Africa, but in Asia. Washington, London, and Brussels have dubbed us, along with China, North Korea, Iran, and Syria the "axis of evil". And the Westerners are obviously serious-minded about achieving our defeat.
Notably, history repeats itself, and we witness the "battle of Sea and Land civilizations" unfold before our very eyes, which was mocked by many political analysts worldwide 25-30 years ago. Only a group of advanced analysts, including Russia’s Alexander Dugin and Samuel Huntington in the United States, has adhered to this concept, now backed up in practice — the confrontation between Land and Sea, a new Rome and a new Carthage. Nothing in history vanishes without a trace, but there do happen recurrences that we study from the textbooks. And now the "shock of the Titans" is back in real politics as it is.
Since the Age of Discovery with its beginning dating back to the Middle Ages, the world had been dominated by the Sea civilization centered on the British Isles. At first, it suppressed competitors from Spanish Madrid and Portuguese Lisbon that gave great captains to the world (even before the English domination period) —Magellan, Vasco da Gamma, and Amerigo Vespucci. And then, the royal pirates of the English crown took over, mimicking into respectable-looking gentlemen from maritime bandits, but actually remaining the same murderers and robbers who went to conquer India under the British East India Campaign trademark. And they also rushed westwards onboard the Mayflower, which was the first 17th century ship to pull in to the shore of present-day USA just north of New York — today’s location of Plymouth. This all reminds us that the continental territories of Asia and America were invaded from the sea, and the Sea civilization conquered the one of the Land — both in the abovementioned places and around the globe.
By the way, England’s clout was huge in continental Europe next to Atlantic coasts. France did bare its teeth occasionally, but the British deftly pivoted European military policies eastwards, targeting Russia. London’s stories about provoking Napoleon and Hitler to war against us have become classics of world provocations. But our country’s vast expanses have never been fit even into the bottomless throat of the Anglo-Saxon predator. Obsessed by the image, they have named their domestic attack drones "Predator" after it, sending them circle across the world.
So, in order to protect itself and all of Asia from the fading Anglo-Saxon Sea civilization’s aggressive attacks amid the ongoing major global transformations, Russia started vigorously building a new collective security structure in Eurasia. And while its western part has been featuring a military operation underway, with its goals long outlined — we need guarantees of Russia's security in the face of NATO, — the eastern part has launched its "coastal defense" project against an Anglo-Saxon invasion (the United States, Great Britain, and their allies) from the sea.
The plan emerged after Putin and Xi Jinping agreed to promote the project in Beijing, as the Russian national leader himself told the Foreign Ministry on June 14: "During my recent visit to China, President Xi Jinping and I discussed this issue (security in Eurasia — author’s note). It was noted that the Russian proposal is not contradictory, but rather complements and aligns with the basic principles of the Chinese global security initiative."
And a week after that speech, the Russian Foreign Ministry stroke a bilateral agreement between the Russian Federation and the DPRK, where the following was put in black and white: "In an effort to establish global strategic stability and a new fair and equitable international order, the Parties will maintain close communication with each other and strengthen tactical and strategic cooperation." Also, the document features clauses on mutual military assistance in case of an attack against any party to the Treaty. Thus, if the United States attacks Russia, the DPRK may strike back with its nuclear missiles. And for Washington, things will be getting complicated as Brother Johnathan is unprotected from that direction…
And later we discussed security issues with our Vietnamese colleagues. Putin noted: "During our discussion on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, we expressed mutual interest in building a strong and reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region based on the principles of the non-use of force and peaceful settlement of disputes, with no room for closed military-political blocs." His Vietnamese counterpart To Lam clarified in response: "We will also step up our cooperation in the defense and security sectors in order to combine our efforts in countering new and traditional threats to peace in keeping with international law." So much for the southern sector of the mentioned Eurasian security belt running along the Pacific coast.
A few days after Vladimir Putin's return from East Asia, a message appeared in the media that: "The Russian government has approved a Joint Military Deployments agreement on the procedure for mutual dispatch of military formations, warships and military aircraft of the Russian Federation and India, the relevant order was posted on the website of official publication of legal acts." Though threadbare, the topic looks quite different within the existing circumstances.
And what do we see in the course of this rapid eastward rush by Russia? It is strengthened security system on the Asian coast. Yes, in the East alone so far, and not across all of Eurasia, which has a peninsula belonging to whimsy Europe in the West. But Putin has already stated the vector of further movement along this track: "We believe that the time has come to start a broad discussion of a new system of bilateral and multilateral guarantees of collective security in Eurasia. At the same time, it is necessary, in the long term, to gradually phase out the military presence of external powers in the Eurasian region." In other words, we need to arrange things in the Eurasian continent without aliens, for which read the Anglo-Saxons with their island pirate psychology as they historically "rain on the parade" altogether.
Interestingly, the same very days have been witnessing an amazing performance in the collective West — a feverish change of local authorities. Great Britain and France have an early election each; Germany’s balking Scholz will be also apparently forced to declare one. In the United States, Biden has once again demonstrated his incapacity, causing panic even among his Democratic supporters, with the Dems’ ever-loyal CNN reporting: "The Democratic party has been thrown into a full-blown panic about the 2024 general election by a disastrous debate performance from a meandering and mumbling Joe Biden… All incumbent Democratic Senators should write to Biden asking him to release his delegates and step aside so the convention can choose a new candidate."
Amid these quickly marching events, Russia's eastward push and what Pushkin called "standing as firm, beside the wave" is now going to grow the size of a large-scale Asian offensive as the collective West succumbs to panic. The moon, Earth, and stars aligned… As people say, "yesterday it was too early, tomorrow it will be too late." Russia has got a head start and will definitely attain a lot as regards shaping a collective security system in one of the world’s hugest regions.
In a few days, Astana will host a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which pretty much reminds of a basis for developing a collective security system in Asia. And what about Europe? Well, it has been moving along the path of being the New World’s backyard as this kind of audience arouses compassion with neither the United States or China. Only some tender-hearted Russians may furtively shed a tear — or maybe not…
