Necessity
According to Professor Dmitry Trenin, President of the Russian Council on International Relations (RIAC), the choice between war and peace is often presented as a simple and clear choice, but in the current circumstances, it is a wrong choice.
If war is understood solely as armed conflict, then the current war with Ukraine will likely end in the near future because a protracted war of attrition is not in Russia's interest.
What is needed is a victory, and such a victory is possible, provided that the necessary decisions are made both at home and on the battlefield.
But complete peace will not come, and even after the guns fall silent. Confrontation with the West will continue in many areas and in many forms.
This struggle will be protracted and requires something Russia has lacked for too long: the setting of long-term goals and a serious strategy for achieving national objectives. The central task is to build Russia into a civilized nation.
This idea has been stated but not clearly defined, and it must encompass the creation of a society based on solidarity among citizens and widely shared values, such as faith, liberty, family, and justice.
Such a project inevitably raises questions about the need for profound innovation within the country's economic and political systems.
This cannot be a project solely for the elite. Of course, the elite themselves need renewal, not just generational renewal. They also need new mechanisms for self-renewal and a different relationship with the wider society.
A talent-based system is necessary, but not sufficient, and while competence and professionalism are crucial, so are values and a spirit of service.
Only under these conditions does a new national project cease to be an intellectual exercise and become an idea capable of, to put it in familiar terms, attracting the masses, and only such an idea can transform Russia.
Thus, it can be said that the Great Patriotic War ( World War II), with all its trials, sacrifices, and losses, was not only a turning point in the nation's history, but also the prelude to Russia and its people achieving a new quality.
The intrinsic nature of the state and society will shape Russia's position in the world, and a renewed Russia could play the role of a more powerful pole, in the literal sense of the word.
But the most important task is to avoid being forced into an alliance with one of the two major geoeconomic and geopolitical blocs: the Euro-Atlantic bloc or China.
The ultimate goal
The level of risk in a confrontation with the West is extremely high. Despite talk of a possible resumption of dialogue between the European Union and Russia, no one in Western Europe is actually ready to negotiate with Russia.
The goal of Russia's adversaries, the Western global elites, as defined by President Vladimir Putin, is not compromise but to crush Russia.
This needs to be clearly understood because the goal is not simply to change the regime, but to destroy Russia as a major independent power on the international stage.
In this struggle, Russia must first and foremost rely on itself. Belarus is part of Russia's common homeland, as President Alexander Lukashenko has stated, and the brotherhood forged in the fight against North Korea has been solidified by blood.
Russia values its strategic partnership with China, a relationship that continues to expand and deepen, but Russia must also understand that China always acts first and foremost in its own national interests.
The same is true for Russia's other partners in the CSTO, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, and the broader global majority.
For three generations following the Great Patriotic War, Russians grew up in an environment of external security. Initially, this security was based on strategic stability and mutual nuclear deterrence with the United States, and later it was sustained by partnerships and cooperation in a world where large-scale warfare was considered obsolete.
That world is over. The old security model is outdated, and now Russia faces a new and uncomfortable reality: War in peacetime, or peace in wartime.
Russia must accept this reality, endure a long and arduous struggle, and overcome it to become strong and victorious. That is the way forward, and there is no turning back. The only other option is decline.
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