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From these revelations, it can be concluded that the UK considers itself to be in a "spy war" with Russia, which it's waging both in pursuit of its own traditional divide-and-rule interests in Europe as well as on behalf of its American ally which shares the same goal. Manipulatively presenting Russia as the UK's greatest threat is nothing more than a means of justifying further aggression against it under the pretext of so-called "self-defense". It's noteworthy to also point out that the same Integrated Review also disclosed London's plans to increase its nuclear warhead arsenal by an astounding 40% in a move that Moscow decried as "a decision that harms international stability and strategic security" where "an ephemeral threat from Russia was voiced as justification." The Eurasian Great Power might therefore have no choice but to defend its interests in line with international law by taking whatever countermeasures it considers to be appropriate in the face of this threat.
The present dynamic of British-Russian rivalry is a modern-day remix of their traditional competition all across the 19th century. At that time, the so-called "Great Game" mostly played out in Central Asia and parts of West and South Asia, the latter of which concerned the then-Persia and Afghanistan respectively. The British Empire was actively seeking to contain the Eurasian Great Power as a continuation of the historical trend whereby sea-based (thalassocratic) states seek to contain land-based (tellurocratic) ones. This International Relations theory is increasingly being confirmed as practically being akin to a law at this point as evidenced from this example and other related ones such as the US' complementary efforts against other multipolar tellucorcatic civlization-states like China and Iran. It's therefore understandable why the UK has submitted itself to being the US' "Lead From Behind" junior partner to this end in Europe, though mostly in the Hybrid War sense.
With this in mind, the contours of the New Cold War are becoming increasingly apparent and might possibly remain enduring. The historical trend of thalassocracies versus tellucorcacies continues insofar as the US and its junior UK partner are actively seeking to contain Russia, China, and Iran. The Western Eurasian front of this global strategic competition remains complex considering the fact that Germany is dominated by thalassocratic influences despite being a tellucrocratic state. This explains its schizophrenic stance of simultaneously waging its own Hybrid War on Russia in parallel with attempting to stabilize relations with Moscow through Nord Stream II, which is vehemently opposed by its American patron. It can therefore be predicted that the outcome of the New Cold War in Europe will be greatly determined by Germany's ability to promote its sovereign interests vis-a-vis Russia despite heavy pressure from the US and the UK to keep the two apart.
Reader Comments
They have lived on that chilly, backward little island for centuries, cut off from all the civilizing influences of the rest of Europe. Having no raw materials of their own, their greatest skill was in theft, and selling stolen property back to its rightful owners after making finished goods out of it. And their one and only spectacularly successful self-produced export was self-promoting propaganda.
Any nation that trusts the British to tell the truth or not stab their friends in the back is downright stupid. They are more crafty than a basket full of rats, or some other vermin.
I won't invite you over then. Our leaders like everywhere else are not the people.
Like everywhere else the people are not the leaders.
Sometimes I pray for an event to strike the political leaderships of all countries dumb and mute. Self promotion and an insecure need to dominate marks these half brained monsters that seek power.
They are the same inadequate mess makers in all countries including UK, USA, Russia ,China and everywhere else.