The disclosure statement from the article:
Laurent Borzillo is secretary general of the French association Forum de défense et de stratégie. He was awarded the FRQ’s PBEEE postdoctoral fellowship (2023-2024) and, in recent years, has been a co-recipient with various colleagues of grants from the French, German (DAAD), and Canadian governments for various projects on the politicization of defense issues, disinformation, elections in Europe, and the transatlantic security architecture.
The article touches on some history, terminology, and wider discussion. I didn’t pull out any parts for this one since it felt important to read in full and excerpts ended up losing context
We can indeed hope for a multilateral system, but both Russia and China are in positions to potentially exploit the power vacuum. I actually have more faith in China being the more reasonable and safe choice between the two, but they have just as many questionable things their government does as the US does, sadly.
The sad truth is that when there is a power vacuum, other positions of power end up vying for control of the now empty position of power.
Russia can’t even fully exploit their neighbor. What the fuck are they going to do to the whole world?