Russia is motivated not simply by dismantling the imperial core, but by becoming hegemonic. The imperial periphery would gain nothing by trading one overseas hegemon for another.
A) You’re assuming their motivations based on the motivations of the empire you and I live in. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t
B) It seems like the many periphery countries that have allied themselves with the Russian Federation think otherwise, and they’re in a better position to know what they would benefit from than you or I
C) I know you didn’t mention this but I just wanna say that the downvote isn’t mine
Russia is motivated not simply by dismantling the imperial core, but by becoming hegemonic. The imperial periphery would gain nothing by trading one overseas hegemon for another.
A) You’re assuming their motivations based on the motivations of the empire you and I live in. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t
B) It seems like the many periphery countries that have allied themselves with the Russian Federation think otherwise, and they’re in a better position to know what they would benefit from than you or I
C) I know you didn’t mention this but I just wanna say that the downvote isn’t mine