DEAR SOPHIA,

THE REASON I GIVE YOU MORE LESSONS IN GEOPOLITICS IS BECAUSE IT IS SHAPING THE WORLD YOU WILL STEP INTO IN A FEW YEARS. EVERYTHING YOU DO AS AN ADULT WILL BE INFLUENCED BY EXTERNAL POLITICS. YOUR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND PROFESSIONAL CHOICES WILL BE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY EXTERNAL EVENTS. THE CURRENT POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY IS NOW GOVERNED BY THE FOLLOWING POINTS BELOW WHICH ALL HAVE THEIR GENESIS IN 1991. THAT IS THE YEAR WHEN THE SOVIET UNION IMPLODED AND A TEMPORARY WORLD ORDER WAS ESTABLISHED. THAT WORLD ORDER NO LONGER FUNCTIONS AND WE ARE NOW BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY SPHERES OF INFLUENCE (WHICH IS THE SAME WORLD ORDER BETWEEN THE HELLENES, PERSIANS, PHOENICIANS AND EGYPTIANS).

THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS BY ANGELA STENT ARE SPOT ON, READ THE FOLLOWING POINTS AND ANALYSIS AND ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, CHINA WILL MAKE MORE SENSE TO YOU (THE UNITED STATES IS FORCED TO REACT AND IT EXPLAINS WHY THE US IS TREATING GREENLAND AND SIMILAR STRATEGIC REGIONS IN A PARTICULAR WAY AS WE ARE WITNESSING):

In her book Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest, foreign policy expert Angela Stent outlines seven key pillars defining Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy and worldview. These pillars focus on restoring Russia as a great power, establishing a “sphere of privileged interests” in the post-Soviet space, and challenging the U.S.-led liberal international order. 

Based on Stent’s analysis, the seven pillars of Putin’s world are: 

1. Right to a Seat at the Table: Russia demands to be treated as a great power and involved in all major international decisions.
2. Legitimacy of Russian Interests: Russia’s interests are seen as equal to the West’s, and it will no longer defer to a Euro-Atlantic consensus.
3. Sphere of Privileged Interests: Russia claims a right to influence and dominate the post-Soviet space.
4. Sovereignty Hierarchy: A belief that great powers (Russia, China, U.S.) enjoy absolute sovereignty, while smaller countries in their periphery do not.
5. Status Quo Power: Russia presents itself as a defender of state sovereignty against Western-promoted regime change, though it may trigger its own.
6. Fractured Western Alliance: Russia believes its interests are best served by weakening NATO and the European Union.
7. Post-West Order: Russia seeks to move away from a rules-based international order to a “post-West” world, partnering with non-Western nations and dividing the world into spheres of influence. 

Stent argues these pillars are driven by a desire to reverse the consequences of the Soviet UNION collapse IN 1991 and ensure Russia is AGAIN treated as a major global player. 

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LOVE,

DAD