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Signs of Putin’s presence
The Russian President’s eagerness Vladimir Putinto personally attend the military maneuvers and the economic forum, which observers considered as a sign that this eastern orientation is of great importance to the Kremlin and the Russian strategic decision-maker.
East maneuvers
• Al Sharq 2022 maneuvers (Vostok 2022) continued from the beginning of the month until September 7, in 7 training and shooting fields at Al Aqsa. Russian East In the Japan and Okhetsk Seas, more than 50,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 weapons units, including 140 aircraft and 60 warships, participated in it.
Ashraf, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimovon the exercises in which forces from several former Soviet republics, China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria and Algeria participated.
Al Sharq Economic Forum
• It is an annual forum that has been held since 2016. The work of the forum will continue in its seventh edition this year from 5 to 8 September, on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia .
• Download the forum at this session title "On the road to a multipolar world".
• The forum attracted more than 4,000 participants from more than 60 countries, and Moscow says it is an effective platform for exchanging opinions and experiences between policy makers, officials and business representatives from different countries of the world.
Russia.. eastern or western?
Hassan al-Momani, professor of international relations and conflict resolution, said in an interview with the website "Sky News Arabia": "There are undoubtedly rising poles and changes in the map international balances of powerThe competition between them is centered, especially in the Pacific and Indian oceans, and Russia, in this context, is striving in the context of its new initiative war with the West to attract China To describe it, especially with the recent exacerbation of tension between Beijing and Washington, and the formation of an eastern alliance against the western axis, the main sides of which are Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi, which will definitely lead to a balance with the Western bloc.".
The conflict resolution professor adds: "Historically, the more Russia’s relations with the West It turned to the East, a tradition that was embodied especially by the leader of the Bolshevik revolution Lenin, and Moscow is now seeking to perpetuate this trend, which falls within the context of the intensification of power struggles between the major international powers. From the point of view of defining and defining its geographical and cultural affiliation, is it an Eastern or Western European country?".
He continued: "In light of this heated confrontation with the West It seems that it was determined to resolve its eastern option and work to occupy a leading position to crystallize an integrated eastern camp, although this trend will not yet reach the stage of consolidating a strategic alliance between Russia, China and India.".
new east
Maher Al-Hamdani, a researcher and expert on European affairs, said in an interview with the website "Sky News Arabia": "Adopting the word “East” in the Russian political and strategic discourse obviously reinforces Moscow’s ties with various countries Eastern bloc countriesThe East, in this sense, includes not only Asia, but even Latin America and Africa.".
He continued: Thus, it is not only Russia that is heading east, but the major countries of the East as well, such as China, India andIndonesia Others welcome this, and have interests in forming an eastern bloc parallel to the West, which provides a margin for maneuvering and comparison in front of the various countries of the world to choose their allies and options in the face of Western exploitation of them.".
Al-Hamdani said: The Russian strategic focus on the East stems from civilized, cultural and historical backgrounds, which may constitute a prelude to building a new world order that Russia aspires to crystallize to get rid of the Western grip on the world. Its proposals to activate the power and role of the Eastern bloc globally by the various countries and centers of the major eastern powers".
Cold War Reproduction
In turn, Amer Al-Sabaila from the American Stimson Research Institute, in an interview with the site "Sky News Arabia": "What is happening is a rebuilding of the idea of international axes by establishing the east axis to confront the western axis formed mainly by the United States and Europe as an Atlantic bloc, which is similar to the polarization that existed during cold War During the last century, between NATO and Warsaw".
He concluded by saying: "This Russian maneuver is an extension of the Russian-Western historical conflict, an attempt to draw new lines and addresses for this chronic traditional conflict that are tempting and capable of many international powers, especially China and India, to the Russian side in the face of Western Atlantic Axis".
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Signs of Putin’s presence
The Russian President’s eagerness Vladimir Putinto personally attend the military maneuvers and the economic forum, which observers considered as a sign that this eastern orientation is of great importance to the Kremlin and the Russian strategic decision-maker.
East maneuvers
• Al Sharq 2022 maneuvers (Vostok 2022) continued from the beginning of the month until September 7, in 7 training and shooting fields at Al Aqsa. Russian East In the Japan and Okhetsk Seas, more than 50,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 weapons units, including 140 aircraft and 60 warships, participated in it.
Ashraf, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimovon the exercises in which forces from several former Soviet republics, China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria and Algeria participated.
Al Sharq Economic Forum
• It is an annual forum that has been held since 2016. The work of the forum will continue in its seventh edition this year from 5 to 8 September, on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia .
• At this session, the forum bore the title “On the Road to a Multipolar World”.
• The forum attracted more than 4,000 participants from more than 60 countries, and Moscow says it is an effective platform for exchanging opinions and experiences between policy makers, officials and business representatives from different countries of the world.
Russia.. eastern or western?
Hassan al-Momani, professor of international relations and conflict resolution, said in an interview with Sky News Arabia: “There are undoubtedly rising poles and changes in the map. international balances of powerThe competition between them is centered, especially in the Pacific and Indian oceans, and Russia, in this context, is striving in the context of its new initiative war with the West to attract China To describe it, especially with the recent exacerbation of tension between Beijing and Washington, and the formation of an eastern alliance against the western axis, the main sides of which are Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi, which will definitely lead to a balance with the Western bloc.
And the professor of conflict resolution adds: “Historically, the more it worsened Russia’s relations with the West It turned to the East, a tradition that was embodied especially by the leader of the Bolshevik revolution Lenin, and Moscow is now seeking to perpetuate this trend, which falls within the context of the intensification of power struggles between the major international powers. From the point of view of defining and defining its geographical and cultural affiliation, is it an Eastern or Western European country?
And he continued: “In light of this heated confrontation with the West It seems that it is determined to resolve its eastern option and work to assume a leading position to crystallize an integrated eastern camp, although this trend will not yet reach the stage of consolidating a strategic alliance between Russia, China and India.
new east
Maher Al-Hamdani, a researcher and expert in European affairs, said in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “Adopting the word “East” in the Russian political and strategic discourse reinforces Moscow’s ties with various Eastern bloc countriesThe East, in this sense, includes not only Asia, but also includes Latin America and Africa. The peoples of these three continents, which constitute the majority of the world’s population, have had their resources employed to the detriment of their interests at the hands of the international system established by the West, after World War II and even before it.
He continued: Thus, it is not only Russia that is heading east, but the major countries of the East as well, such as China, India andIndonesia Others welcome this, and have interests in forming an eastern bloc parallel to the West, which provides a margin of maneuver and trade-off for the various countries of the world to choose their allies and options in the face of Western exploitation.
Al-Hamdani said: The strategic Russian focus on the East stems from civilized, cultural and historical backgrounds, which may constitute a prelude to building a new world order that Russia aspires to crystallize to get rid of the Western grip on the world. Its proposals to activate the power and role of the Eastern Bloc globally by the various countries and centers of the major Eastern powers.
Cold War Reproduction
In turn, Amer Al-Sabayla of the American Stimson Research Institute, in an interview with Sky News Arabia, sees: “What is happening is a rebuilding of the idea of international axes by establishing the East axis to confront the Western axis formed mainly by the United States and Europe as an Atlantic bloc, which is similar to the polarization that was standing during cold War During the last century, between NATO and Warsaw.
He concluded by saying: “This Russian maneuver is an extension of the Russian-Western historical conflict, and it is an attempt to draw new lines and addresses for this chronic traditional conflict that are tempting and capable of many international powers, especially China and India, for the Russian side in the face of Western Atlantic Axis“.