SMO

Geopolitics of South Africa

Geopolitics of South Africa
06.05.2023

Today, most countries in the Global South remain on Russia's side, considering it their most important ally and supporter. Many African states are dissatisfied with the Western policy of spreading “freedom and democracy” and are aware of the West's colonial past in Africa. Modern political scientists believe that the key to the formation of a new world order may be the foreign policy stance of a large number of developing countries on the African continent, which in turn demonstrate increasing independence from the “liberal” camp represented by the countries of the collective West.

Dromocracy. Speed as power

Dromocracy. Speed as power
18.10.2022

In today's world, speed plays a key role. In everything. In SMO, we have found that even in modern warfare, it is one of the key factors. Much, or almost everything, depends on how quickly one is able to obtain information, communicate it to the commander of a firing unit, make the decision to strike, and promptly change the location of the firing position. Hence the enormous role of UAVs and drones, satellite communications, the time taken to transmit the enemy's coordinates, the mobility of combat units, and the speed at which orders are communicated to the enforcer. It is clear that this aspect was underestimated in the preparations and we must now rectify this in a critical environment.

Inclusion of “language”: what should we do with the language “Ukraine”?

Inclusion of “language”:  what should we do with the language “Ukraine”?
09.09.2022

I wanted to write this article immediately after Darya Dugina's lecture on the “Metaphysics of the Border”, to discuss with her the question of her attitude toward the principle of “taking away the language”: the possibility and necessity of appropriating the Ukrainian language during the Special Military Operation in Ukraine. Darya, in a lecture at the ESM camp, spoke from imperial positions: the Ukrainian language should not be neglected, not excluded, but included in an imperial context. I immediately had a number of thoughts, but we could not discuss the topic in detail. A terrorist act ended Darya's life. However, this issue has recently been discussed again. Therefore, it makes sense to talk about the “mova” [1] and what we “take away” in it.

The Polish Question. Partition of Ukraine?

The Polish Question. Partition of Ukraine?
27.05.2022

Some background on Poland: the plan to hand over western Ukraine to Poland already existed before the start of the SMO, when the West was only considering the likelihood of such a conflict. NATO believed that Russia would destroy the command centre in Kiev at the beginning of the operation and that this would be a wake-up call for Poland; the relocation of the embassies from Kiev to Lviv was also linked to this.