Professor Glenn Diesen speaking with President Vladimir Putin at Valdai Discussion Club
I spoke with President Vladimir Putin at the Valdai Club on 7 November 2024. I outlined some key points we had discussed at a panel on Eurasian security, which I moderated. My three points were: 1) Conflicts derive from a struggle between unipolarity and multipolarity; 2) States are attracted to the multipolar format as it enables a multivector foreign policy and more political autonomy, and prevents states from becoming pawns in bloc politics; 3) The multipolar format creates systemic incentives for the great powers to harmonise interests as evident by Russia-China, China-India, Iran-Saudi Arabia and hopefully in the future India-Pakistan.
Most countries therefore want the multipolar institutions to enable them to overcome bloc politics, and for BRICS not to become a bloc itself. In other words, BRICS should be anti-hegemonic, not anti-Western.
I asked President Putin if a similar Eurasian multipolar framework can be applied to Europe to overcome the re-division of our continent and continued bloc politics. As I noted, I wrote a book with the title: “Europe as the Western Peninsula of Greater Eurasia”, and I asked if there is a possibility to extend something like the BRICS framework to Europe to promote peace between our countries.
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A very positive reply by Putin - very encouraging, inspiring even. I continue to be amazed at the difference in class between Putin and our European “Comprador” politicians.
A bold genius move from Glenn Diesen to start communication with the leadership of Russia when his attempts didn’t work in his own country, Norway, and either in European countries. That should tell us how lost in US hegemony The Europeans really are.