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Like the Terminator, Russia is back — back as a major actor in world affairs and as a major headache for security policy decision makers in the Western world. In words, this point was driven home by then Russian President Vladimir Putin in his speech at the Wehrkunde meeting in Munich, February 2007. He argued by pointing to the rise of the BRICs — Brazil, Russia, India, and China — that collectively the four potential economic powerhouses are positioned to overtake the old G7 powers, including the United States, around 2040 (Putin, 2007; Wilson and Purushothaman, 2003). In deeds, the point was emphasized by Russia’s five-day war against Georgia in August 2008, which brought Russia’s relationship with the Western world down to the frosty level of the Cold War.
To us, August 8 is what 9/11 was to the U.S.
Medvedev, 2008
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Skak, M. (2011). Russia’s New “Monroe Doctrine”. In: Kanet, R.E. (eds) Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230293168_8
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