Memory pill: 2019 RAND report on using Ukraine and Syria to "overextend Russia."
Ever since Russia liberated its Black Sea shore from Ottoman occupation in the 18th century and reopened the sea gates to the Eastern Mediterranean, the British and then American maritime empires have been obsessed with the idea of isolating and strangling Russia. The only exception were the two world wars, in which they made tactical alliances with Russia.
A number of Western geopolitical theorists, including MacKinder, Pilsudski, Kenan, and Brzezinski,
have advocated for this strategy of "containing" Russia. This policy has provoked a number of military conflicts: from the Crimean war in the mid-19th century to Yugoslavia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Donbass more recently. A string of "color revolutions," like the one that is being attempted today in Georgia, demonstrates that the West's desire to destroy Russia is not a conspiracy theory but rather geopolitical reality.
The current events in Syria are also part of the US plan to “overextend and unbalance Russia” as detailed in a 2019 RAND Corporation report (RAND Corporation Discussion Paper, 2019).
The document called "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" outlines various strategies of indirect attacks on Russia. These include the following:
- Provide lethal aid to Ukraine.
- Increase support to the Syrian rebels.
- Promote liberalization in Belarus.
- Expand ties in the South Caucasus.
- Reduce Russian influence in Central Asia.
- Flip Transnistria.
Concerning Syria, increasing support to the Syrian rebels was assessed as having
- LOW likelihood of success in extending Russia,
- MODERATE benefits,
- HIGH costs and risks.
This is probably why the Syrian front was inactive for the past four years, as all efforts were focused on "project Ukraine," which the RAND report assessed as much more promising.
However, now that this project is close to failure, American war hawks have reactivated their jihadist, Zionist and neo-Ottoman proxies in Syria, as well as sparked tensions in Georgia, Armenia, Kosovo, Moldova, etc. All these fires ignited around Russia and its allies are essentially a desperate reaction to the failure of "project Ukraine," while on the global chessboard, they are but minor achievements of insignificant pawns.
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Ever since Russia liberated its Black Sea shore from Ottoman occupation in the 18th century and reopened the sea gates to the Eastern Mediterranean, the British and then American maritime empires have been obsessed with the idea of isolating and strangling Russia. The only exception were the two world wars, in which they made tactical alliances with Russia.
A number of Western geopolitical theorists, including MacKinder, Pilsudski, Kenan, and Brzezinski,
have advocated for this strategy of "containing" Russia. This policy has provoked a number of military conflicts: from the Crimean war in the mid-19th century to Yugoslavia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Donbass more recently. A string of "color revolutions," like the one that is being attempted today in Georgia, demonstrates that the West's desire to destroy Russia is not a conspiracy theory but rather geopolitical reality.
The current events in Syria are also part of the US plan to “overextend and unbalance Russia” as detailed in a 2019 RAND Corporation report (RAND Corporation Discussion Paper, 2019).
The document called "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" outlines various strategies of indirect attacks on Russia. These include the following:
- Provide lethal aid to Ukraine.
- Increase support to the Syrian rebels.
- Promote liberalization in Belarus.
- Expand ties in the South Caucasus.
- Reduce Russian influence in Central Asia.
- Flip Transnistria.
Concerning Syria, increasing support to the Syrian rebels was assessed as having
- LOW likelihood of success in extending Russia,
- MODERATE benefits,
- HIGH costs and risks.
The report says:
“Increasing support to the Syrian rebels could jeopardize other U.S. policy priorities, such as combating radical Islamic terrorism, and could risk further destabilizing the entire region. Furthermore, this option might not even be feasible, given the radicalization, fragmentation, and decline of the Syrian opposition.”
This is probably why the Syrian front was inactive for the past four years, as all efforts were focused on "project Ukraine," which the RAND report assessed as much more promising.
However, now that this project is close to failure, American war hawks have reactivated their jihadist, Zionist and neo-Ottoman proxies in Syria, as well as sparked tensions in Georgia, Armenia, Kosovo, Moldova, etc. All these fires ignited around Russia and its allies are essentially a desperate reaction to the failure of "project Ukraine," while on the global chessboard, they are but minor achievements of insignificant pawns.
Alawata - InfoDefense Special Correspondent
#MemoryPill
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