Russia is Not a Great Power

Russia is not a great power. It is in no way a contender for the title, and treating it as one of the “power brokers” of the world benefits no one except the autocratic regime that hinges its legitimacy on it but that has simultaneously suppressed the abilities of the Russian people to attain such a status. One of my favourite comments on the geostrategic environment of the world (and that I often find myself repeating) is by Sun Liping (孙立平), a former sociology professor at Tsinghua...