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== Russia is a weak major power arguments ==
== Russia is a weak major power arguments ==
[[File:Weak 2.jpg|right|thumbnail|350px|In a 2023 interview, the international relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] said [https://www.conservapedia.com/User:Conservative/Culture,_values_and_related_information#France.27s_GNI_per_capita_.28PPP.29_vs._Russia.27s_GNI_per_capita_.28PPP.29_in_2023 Russia] was a "weak great power".[https://youtu.be/FIfJNK2rLlQ?feature=shared&t=969] ]]
<big><big><big><big><big><big>'''It does not matter.<br><br /> The world's mightiest [[nuclear]] power<br><br /> cannot be defeated.'''</big></big></big></big>
Russia is a former superpower that is [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7OWfEU1gv9Q striving unsuccessfully] to rebuild its lost influence while experiencing decline and a failed state status (See: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250315221501/https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/will-russia-become-failed-state-is.html Will Russia become a failed state within 10 years? Is Russia currently a failed state? Will Russia eventually become a failed state?]).
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+%22weak+major+power%22&oq=russia+%22weak+major+power%22&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEJMTE0MjJqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Russia a weak major power], Google AI
In 2014, the international relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] said: "Russia is a declining power, and it will only get weaker with time."<ref>[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault], Foreign Affairs, Published August 18, 2014</ref>
In a 2023 interview, the international relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] said Russia was a "weak great power" (See: [https://youtu.be/FIfJNK2rLlQ?feature=shared&t=969 Why Russia-Ukraine War May End In A Frozen Conflict & Why US Should Focus On China: John Mearsheimer], 16:09 in the interview). Russia had great difficulty gaining land from the country of Ukraine which has a much smaller population due to Russia's weak military (see: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/12/russian-military-weaknesses.html Russian military weaknesses]). From superpower to "weak great power" - sad!
[https://sites.google.com/view/russia-is-in-decline/home Stephen Kotkin: Russia is a relatively weak power]: "Stephen Kotkin, a historian at Princeton University, argues that Russia is a "relatively weak great power". He suggests that Russia has a long history of aspiring to great power status, but its capabilities often fall short of those aspirations. This discrepancy, according to Kotkin, leads to a sense of frustration and a tendency to overreach in foreign policy."[https://www.google.com/search?q=stephen+kotkin+russia+is+a+weak+great+power&sca_esv=bdb835347b1fb0e4&sxsrf=AHTn8zpxwLvvUMuL9eGaFAb6J3tHuPaqlA%3A1747168024493&ei=GKsjaNnsHYzJptQPr-3f2Ak&ved=0ahUKEwjZ2NmLpKGNAxWMpIkEHa_2F5sQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=stephen+kotkin+russia+is+a+weak+great+power&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiK3N0ZXBoZW4ga290a2luIHJ1c3NpYSBpcyBhIHdlYWsgZ3JlYXQgcG93ZXJI4xtQkQtY1BdwAXgBkAEAmAGfAaAB1gmqAQMwLjm4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgGgAgPCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHmAMAiAYBkAYHkgcBMaAH8g6yBwC4BwA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp] See also: [https://sites.google.com/view/russia-is-in-decline/home Russian power in decline]
"...Russia has almost always been a relatively weak great power. It lost the Crimean War of 1853–56, a defeat that ended the post-Napoleonic glow and forced a belated emancipation of the serfs. It lost the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5, the first defeat of a European country by an Asian one in the modern era. It lost World War I, a defeat that caused the collapse of the imperial regime. And it lost the Cold War, a defeat that helped cause the collapse of the imperial regime’s Soviet successor." - [https://archive.is/mPLLf#selection-1017.0-1017.30 Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics], Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 2016
*[https://asiatimes.com/2019/06/russia-is-still-the-weakest-of-the-great-powers/# Russia is still the weakest great power], Asia Times, 2019
Donald Trump on how the Soviet Union became Russia: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpARgVJ6Hc&t=209s "Let me just tell you about Russia. Russia used to be a thing called the Soviet Union. Because of Afghanistan they went bankrupt. They became Russia. Just so you do understand. OK?"] "What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations." - Sun Tzu. "There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." - Sun Tzu
"Russia today is terribly sick. Her people are sick to the point of total exhaustion." - [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Forbes 2012 interview.[https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/05/solzhenitsyn-forbes-interview-oped-cx_pm_0804russia.html?sh=10c25195f538] (In recent times, Russia has experienced economic recessions in 1998, 2008–2009, 2014–2016, and 2022. So his remark was not during bad economic times).
[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] on great power politics: "For every country, great power status deforms and harms the national character. I have never wished great power status for Russia, and do not wish it for the United States." - Forbes 2012 interview.[https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/05/solzhenitsyn-forbes-interview-oped-cx_pm_0804russia.html?sh=10c25195f538]
== Excellent arguments that Russia is no longer a great power ===
== Excellent arguments that Russia is no longer a great power ===