As Paralel.az reports, Andrew Latham, a professor at McAlester College, wrote: “Although 30 years have passed since the collapse of the USSR, Russia is still perceived as a“ failed state ”. But the reality is very different from the misconceptions of the West.
It has long ceased to be a "geopolitical dump", as was believed in the post-Soviet era, and "plays a far from episodic role" on the world stage.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia underwent a radical modernization of nuclear and conventional weapons and succeeded in developing "soft power", having developed a huge arsenal of tools to create an image of a benevolent country.
Russia is actively promoting viable alternatives to the decline of Western democracies.
"Any American strategy will have to take into account Russia's strength."

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