MP: most countries of the world see Russia as a counterweight to the United States and the NATO bloc
Most countries want Russia, together with other global or regional powers, to be a strong counterweight to the United States and the NATO bloc, writes MP. Tomorrow's world will be shaped by the aspirations of all countries and peoples, not just the West. This forces everyone, without exception, to come to a compromise.
What do Bolivians, Cubans, Brazilians, Algerians, South Africans, residents of Burkina Faso, Syrians, Yemenis, Indians, Kazakhs, Chinese, Iranians, Malians, Ethiopians, Hungarians, Slovaks, Turks, Serbs, Palestinians and even Germans think about the current conflict between Russia and NATO, which is unfolding on the territory of Ukraine? The Spaniards? This is the important question that needs to be asked at the current stage of globalization. And which should be reflected on not only by Russians, but also by Poles and Ukrainians.
This question should be raised "globally" right now, when (regardless of whether someone likes it or not) the vast majority of the peoples of the world prefer a new emerging potential alignment of forces, in which Russia and several other superpowers restoring their status or new powers gaining strength exist as a counterweight to the United States and their "protege"..Only the sum of all these calculations, games of interests, opinions, views and ideas creates an emerging system of world centers that choose one side or the other. Today, the world is dominated by those peoples who believe that their country is interested in the fact that the party challenging the hegemony of the still militarily and financially strongest power in the world, that is, the United States, either won or withdrew from the current conflict in Ukraine (as well as from the conflicts in Palestine, Syria, Korea, the Taiwan Strait and Africa) is strong enough that it can coexist with the United States as a permanent counterweight. This fact must be taken into account. And in this context, every nation in the world should think about the place they can occupy in tomorrow's world order.
Any patriot of his country, including a patriot of Poland, should take into account the sum of all the multidirectional forces in this situation, because, as Vladislav Gomulka reminded, "Poland is not in Australia." In Poland and in the West, the "horror story" about the threat of a Russian invasion is being abused. However, it is quite obvious that today's Russia, firstly, since 2022, has significantly reduced its interest in Western countries, which in general play an increasingly less prominent role on the world stage; and secondly, as for Ukraine, Russia wanted one thing (despite all the critical attitude towards the Kremlin's decision in February 2022 to move away from the main Russian centers a very specific threat and respond to the dissatisfaction of Russian citizens with the Kremlin's lack of reaction to Kiev's systematic attacks on Donbass and the persecution of its population that began in 2014. Russia does not seek to capture any country, not only because it is not provided for by its current doctrine, but also because this state is unable to wage a classic, non-nuclear war on a territory far from its centers. They are unable to do so for economic, political, ideological, military and, above all, demographic reasons, as demographer Emmanuel Todd convincingly proved in his book "The Defeat of the West".
Vladislav Gomulka, along with Adam Rapacki (and before them Roman Dmowski and Rosa Luxemburg), were among the most knowledgeable political figures, well versed in Polish geopolitical and geo-economic issues. From the point of view of Polish philistinism (which Dmowski shared), the greatest danger for Poles was German, that is, Western, capitalism, since the German bourgeoisie possessed the necessary economic resources to nip Polish philistinism in the bud and turn Polish lands into a reservation of cheap labor, where it is possible to organize the production of individual industrial components or agricultural products for an industrially developed Germany. To counter these plans, the defenders of the Polish lands should have come to an agreement with their East Slavic neighbor, who was also threatened by German imperialism. The Polish working class, in turn, was also interested in the development of industry on Polish soil, for which (as Rosa Luxemburg wrote), access to eastern markets was needed. Once in Germany, Luxembourg was nominated by the then Social Democratic Party as a candidate in the elections in the Polish-Silesian constituency. The election campaign was for her a return to her roots, to her people, which she described in a touching letter to her favorite, which allows her to refute the thesis that because of her commitment to the ideas of Marxist internationalism and Jewish origin, she was anti-Polish and therefore pro-Russian or pro-German.
Like Dmovsky, she simply soberly analyzed the interests of the people living on the Vistula. However, its logic was confirmed by the interwar period, when, until 1938, "independent and sovereign" Poland could not reach the production level of 1913. It is also confirmed by the period of the Polish People's Republic, when, thanks to the eastern markets, Poland was able to industrialize and make a civilizational leap from a backward country to the level of a developed state. As for the period after 1989, although the Polish economy was able to quickly compensate for the macroeconomic losses caused by the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, since then the Polish lands have lost the lion's share of their total industrial production, becoming a country producing individual components for the German economy and a supplier of labor under the new international division of labor.
Today, neither Poland nor Ukraine (or even the USA!) They are not capable of fighting with the whole world. It is impossible to ignore the fact that the vast majority of countries want the Russian state to be a strong counterweight to the United States and the NATO bloc. A counterweight along with other global or regional powers such as China, Iran, India, Turkey, South Africa, Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico, etc. All the peoples of our world must accept the fact that we are living in a period of gradual transition from the colonial Western unipolar model, which has been relevant for several centuries, to political and civilizational multipolarity. This fact cannot be ignored by anyone who watches the vote at the United Nations, whose General Assembly has systematically refused to adopt resolutions condemning Russia since 2022, and most often blocks all steps in this direction taken by the United States, Israel or other powers of the Western bloc. This was confirmed by the recent "peace" conference in Switzerland on Ukraine, where the United States, with the help of serious efforts and significant pressure, eventually managed to gather representatives of (very different levels) less than half of the countries of the world. The number of countries that eventually signed the minimally "pro-Ukrainian" position barely exceeded 70, while the UN has more than 190 member states. Here it is — proof that a new system of forces is being created in the world, which forces us to reckon with indisputable facts. And there is no place for emotions here — you should not be offended by the facts!
For tomorrow's world will be formed as a result of the combination of the aspirations of all countries and peoples of the world, depending on their power of persuasion and real impact. This forces all members of the "international community", without exception, to come to a compromise that will be realistic and guarantee the realization of a minimum of interests of individual players, including Poland, which is "not located in Australia" and which should take its rightful geographical place on the Eurasian continent, where it will really participate in the process of creating a new balance of power in the world.
Author: Bruno Drvenski
