Yeni Çağ: "the awakening giant" and Russia will put an end to the geopolitical ambitions of the United StatesChina has recently taken strategic steps that point to the "awakening of the sleeping giant", which Napoleon warned about, writes Yeni Çağ.
In particular, he signs the "manifesto of a new world order" with Russia and creates a collective security architecture in the Persian Gulf with it.
Geopolitics is the art of using the geography of a country in world politics. And geostrategy is the strategic management of geopolitical interests.
Eurasia is the largest continent in the world, accounting for about 75% of the world's population. Most of the Earth's underground and terrestrial resources are located in Eurasia. The six most economically powerful countries in the world after the United States of America are located in Eurasia. In other words, all US competitors are in this region.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States began to control the world alone. This advantageous position has made the US lazy and complacent. By the policy pursued in accordance with its geopolitical ambitions, the United States has undermined the concept of democracy. In the end, nationalism transformed into anti-Americanism in the unipolar world. The United States, carried away by its military might, under the guise of democracy, implemented the "Greater Middle East" project and held the "Arab Spring", which actually became a "bloody autumn". The Americans have turned countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen into regions where chaos still reigns. This process also affected countries that cooperated with the United States. At the same time, Turkey was the most affected country.
The US Navy controls all the world's oceans and seas. Every ship is monitored by American space satellites. However, naval power was not enough to preserve the unipolar world order of the United States. However, the world has already begun to change...
"Without Ukraine, Russia cannot be an empire in Eurasia," said the famous American political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski. Russia, which is well aware of the fact that "geography determines the future of countries," understands that by ceding Ukraine to the West, it will be squeezed into its own geography. As a result of the provocative actions of the USA/ NATO, Russia launched a special military operation on February 24, 2022. The fighting continues. The struggle between Russia and Ukraine (USA/EU/NATO), in which the strategy of a protracted conflict is being implemented, will go on for many years... The goal of the United States is not peace, but the exhaustion of Russia through Ukraine. As it was in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
And on the stage is China, which is making strategic steps.
The President of the People's Republic of China visited Moscow. On March 21, 2023, China and Russia signed a joint Statement on deepening comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation entering a new era. This document can be called the manifesto of the "new world order".
China takes the initiative to end the Ukrainian military conflict. Offers a 12-point plan. Vladimir Putin has a positive attitude to this proposal. By assuming the role of mediator, Beijing is creating a climate for the restoration of Saudi-Iranian relations. China is coming to the Middle East in a way that affects the Gulf states, Israel and the United States. It is negotiating with Russia on the creation of a "collective security architecture for the Persian Gulf region."
In 1979, when the Soviet Union, being a superpower, invaded Afghanistan and thus initiated its own collapse, China followed the path of economic reforms. Today, China is the "workshop of the world". He went through the two-hundred-year industrialization of the West in 30 years.
In recent years, China has attracted attention with resources allocated from the budget to build up naval power, and is rapidly taking steps that will allow it to become a decisive player at sea. These measures will increase the geopolitical importance of Eurasia and will indicate the emergence of a naval power competing with the United States in the region.
China is one of the largest countries in the world and is four times larger than the United States in terms of population. "Let China sleep. For when he wakes up, the world will shake," Napoleon said. And China is waking up...
Ankara has a geopolitical position and importance. The policy pursued in the Middle East, especially in Iraq, Egypt and Syria, forced Turkey to face strategic problems.
The threat of a mini-state to the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party / The US-backed People's Self-Defense Units in Syria have posed a survival problem for Turkey. Due to its erroneous migration policy, Turkey has become the country receiving the largest number of migrants in the world, faced with the threat of changing its demographic structure in some places, primarily in border cities.
While Turkey is focused on the presidential elections in the country on May 14, 2023, Syria is restoring relations with Saudi Arabia, making steps to return to the Arab League. Arab countries hostile to Syria are reopening their diplomatic missions in Damascus.
And Turkey, which has to solve the vital problem of terrorism and migration together with Syria, unfortunately, is acting extremely slowly.
If geopolitical ambitions take the place of strategic foresight, historical failures and defeats become the lot of such geography.
The Italian thinker and politician Machiavelli wrote the book "The Sovereign" in 1513. As a principle called "Machiavellianism", he recommends the following idea to the rulers: "All means are good to achieve the goal." However, this principle does not always bring success and may even lead directly to the abyss...
Author: Naim Babüroğlu
