"Iran Must Destroy Israel to Survive or It Will Be Nuked" | Paul Craig Roberts

The real issue in this conflict is the Zionist agenda of "Greater Israel." Nobody in the Western media mentions it, but it is the central fact that explains the war. As long as Israel maintains that agenda, there can be no peace, no mediation, and no negotiated settlement. The nuclear issue is merely the pretext. The real objective is to remove Iran as an obstacle to Greater Israel—just as Iraq, Libya, and Syria were removed before it. This war is part of the same process.
 

» There is no room for Iran, no room for Turkey, no room for Saudi Arabia.

Either Iran prevails, or Iran is destroyed. There is no middle ground. «

 

The Zionist agenda historically envisioned Israel stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates. Now the concept has been expanded even further. In such a vision there is no room for Iran, no room for Turkey, no room for Saudi Arabia. If that agenda is pursued, the continued existence of Iran as a sovereign state becomes incompatible with it. That means Iran cannot negotiate its survival. How does a country negotiate its own disappearance? If Israel maintains the Greater Israel agenda, there is only one outcome: either Iran prevails, or Iran is destroyed. There is no middle ground.
 

» Iran cannot negotiate its survival. «
March 16, 2026: Iran's 57th barrage of Khorramshahr and Zolfaghar missiles with cluster warheads strikes Israel, overwhelming

Iron Dome, Patriot, and THAAD. With about 2,500 missiles and layered tactics, Tehran could sustain attacks for months.

Yet the Iranian leadership has repeatedly made the same fatal mistake. They wait to be attacked. They waited to be attacked once. They waited to be attacked again. And now they risk waiting until nuclear weapons are used. This is not how wars are won. Every successful general in history understands that victory belongs to the side that takes the initiative. Napoleon understood it. Robert E. Lee understood it. George Patton understood it. Iran does not.

» Waiting to suffer catastrophic destruction before acting makes no sense. «

March 16, 2026: US-Israeli missiles bombing Tehran.

 

Iran waits until it is hit, until it loses men, facilities, and cities, and only then responds. That is not strategy. That is paralysis. If Iran has the capability to respond after a nuclear attack, then it certainly has the capability to respond before one. Waiting to suffer catastrophic destruction before acting makes no sense. The strategic reality is simple: Israel has nuclear weapons. Iran does not. That alone places Iran at a severe disadvantage if it continues to leave the initiative in Israeli and American hands. Therefore Iran faces a stark choice. Either it destroys the military capacity threatening it, or eventually those forces destroy Iran. There is no diplomatic solution to a war whose real purpose is the elimination of your country.

» Russia and China are useless as allies. «
March 16, 2026: Yan Xuetong, Chinese political scientist, confronts Israeli general at a conference, accusing
Israel of killing 70,000+ Palestinian children; the general denies, citing efforts to avoid civilian casualties.

At the same time, Iran finds itself essentially alone. Russia and China talk about multipolarity, they talk about cooperation, they talk about organizations like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and Iran is even a member of that organization. Yet when a SCO member is fighting for its survival, Russia and China stand aside. They issue statements. They talk about trade. They talk about negotiations. But when it comes to confronting the United States and Israel directly, they disappear. This demonstrates that Russia and China are useless as allies. They are governed by leaderships that appear to have no strategic vision. They behave as if trade deals are more important than geopolitical survival. They think in terms of commerce while their partners face existential threats.

» Russia, China are not Iran's friends. Russia is an occupied
country. PUTIN is a traitor in bed with the Chabad Lubavitch. «

A few words from Moscow and Beijing—such as a mutual defense commitment—could have prevented this war from ever starting. But those words were never spoken. Instead, Iran stands alone while Russia and China pursue negotiations and trade arrangements with the very power that is trying to destroy Iran. That means Iran cannot rely on anyone else for its survival. It cannot rely on Russia. It cannot rely on China. It cannot rely on international institutions. It can only rely on itself.

» Waiting for the next attack—especially when the enemy possesses nuclear
 weapons—is not a strategy for survival. It is a strategy for extinction. « 

March 16, 2026: Israeli white phosphorus munitions exploding over Khiam in southern

Lebanon. Its use against civilians is prohibited under international humanitarian law.

Which brings the situation back to the fundamental reality: the existence of Iran is incompatible with the Greater Israel agenda. As long as that agenda exists, Iran will remain a target. Therefore Iran has only two possibilities. Either Iran destroys the forces threatening it, or those forces destroy Iran. There is no negotiation that resolves this contradiction. There is no mediation that reconciles it.

Iran must recognize that it is fighting for its life. It cannot continue to sit back, absorb blows, and respond after the fact. That approach only invites escalation to nuclear weapons. If nuclear weapons are used, the conflict will not remain regional. Once that threshold is crossed, the danger becomes global nuclear war. That is why the initiative matters. Waiting for the next attack—especially when the enemy possesses nuclear weapons—is not a strategy for survival. It is a strategy for extinction.

Reference:
Nima R. Alkhorshid (March 16, 2026) - Paul Craig Roberts: Iran is Winning. (video)

Paul Craig Roberts (b. 1939) is an American economist, columnist, and former public official who served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan. A proponent of supply-side economics, he helped shape the Reagan administration’s economic program. Roberts later became a syndicated commentator and author, known for critiques of globalization, US foreign policy, and the financial system.

March 16, 2026.

 

March 16, 2026. 
 

See also:

Paul Craig Roberts (March 16, 2026) - Either Iran or Israel Has to Go.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (October 5, 2025) - "If I Were Iran, I’d Wipe Israel Out Preemptively."

The Fate of the Great and the Little Satans, and a New Eurasian World Order

Suddenly, the world is watching something it has not seen in decades: a direct challenge to the military architecture that has dominated West Asia since the end of the Cold War. The question now is not only who will win this war. The real question is something far bigger: What if this war has just exposed the real power structure of the world?

» Wise people who know Iran, its people, and its history never speak to this nation

in the language of threats, because Iranians are not those who surrender. «

Imam-e Shahid Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (April 19, 1939–February 28, 2026).

 

Most people living through history never realize when they are standing at a real turning point. They believe they are witnessing just another headline. But the war against Iran is the moment that reveals the limits of Western dominance. It forces us to ask whether the international order can survive in a world that lost faith in its legitimacy.

 

Empires do not collapse in one loud moment. They erode. They decay slowly beneath the surface until, suddenly, a crisis pulls away the curtains and reveals the truth. History works this way. The fall of great powers rarely announces itself clearly. Instead, it hides behind words like "limited strike," "defensive war," or "regional conflict." Sometimes a war becomes a revelation, and the war launched by U$raHell against Iran since February 28, 2026, may prove to be exactly that moment.

 

Teheran, a weekend during August 2025. Couple of months 
before the U$raHell bombing and toxic oil rain. Looks nice?

 

70% of Iran's science and engineering graduates are women. 

 

October 2025: Tehran's "Holy Virgin Mary" metro station opened with Christian leaders present.

 

January 6, 2026: Imam Khamenei making a surprise Christmas Eve visit to the Tehran home of an Armenian 

Christian family, consoling them over the martyrdom of their son Robert Lazar during the U$raHell riots. 

» From Gaza to Minab, innocents murdered in cold blood. «

This is not simply another "Middle East conflict," but the moment when the global power structure began to crack. For more than thirty years, the world has lived under a single unspoken rule: Western military power guarantees global order. From Washington to London, from Brussels to Tel Aviv, the message was repeated again and again. U$raHell was unstoppable. Its fleets controlled the oceans, its bases surrounded the planet, and its dollar ruled the global economy. But history teaches a lesson: empires do not collapse when they run out of weapons; they collapse when the world stops believing in their legitimacy.

 

» No. We are waiting for them. We are ready for this war. «

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's reply when asked by 

NBC News on March 5, 2026, whether he feared a U$raHell ground invasion.

The Iranians have been planning for this war ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. They knew that, at some point, U$raHell would go after them, and their message to all the Arab Zionist lackeys in West Asia was brutally simple: if your territory hosts U$raHell bases, you are part of the battlefield. Neutrality is an illusion. Now, all these bases in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, and Cyprus have been reduced to rubble, and for all practical purposes Iran will need to take control of Bahrain, while Ansar Allah (the Houthis) will bring down the Saudi family dictatorship.

 

So far, the Iranian drones and missiles in use are old and inexpensive, yet U$raHell is deploying scarce and costly air defense systems, rapidly depleting its stockpiles in an attempt to stop them. The Iranians know exactly what they are doing. They have barely begun to employ their hypersonic missile arsenal, and most of Iran's underground bases remain inactive. This is an asymmetric war of attrition, and ultimately Iran—with the support of the Axis of Resistance, China, and Russia—will defeat both the Great and the Little Satan, liberating West Asia from the Anglo‑Zionist neocolonial yoke.

 

» Terror, corruption, and hypocrisy are united against us | The world has made itself ready for another world war | We hear the shouts of the world-eating Zionist Jews from the throat of the Saudi King | Takfiris, Wahhabis, and Daesh ISIS have joined together | All at the hands of the Great Satan USA | For as long as the divine spirit is in the heart of this soil our enemies will not be allowed to sleep a single night | Soon everywhere will hear the name of Hussein. | The legacy of Khomeini will become international | The arrogant have been disturbed from their long comfort | What has delayed the global Islamic Awakening? | Imam Khomeini said: Jerusalem is ours! | When you threaten us with war, our response is not weak yet | Our answer to you is on the tip of a blade | The concept of surrender is gone from our minds | In Syria, Iraq, Yemen we are ready for war. Our missiles will rain down on our enemies | Our Sejjil Missiles will drop in the heart of Tel Aviv | The voice of Haydar will roar from the Kaaba | The era of oppression will end. «  

"Haydar, Haydar " (حيدر حيدر), a devotional hymn (noha) praising Imam Ali, referred

to as Haydar—"The Lion." Stanzas performed by Karbalaei Hossein Taheri, March 2025.

 

» The people of Khomeini and Soleimani will never submit to the Jews | Iran—the whip of justice, a symbol of honor, the noblest path and purpose, the sword of Haydar. And God is with Iran | ... Your army, your people, your lineage, your path—even if we face the whole world. « 

Ansar Allah battle cry of solidarity, March 4, 2026.

 

God is great. Death to America. Death to Israel. 

Curse on the Jews. Victory to Islam.

 

We have news that a Western-linked fuel tanker is burning in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by Iranian Revolutionary Guard drones. For decades, Western strategists believed their fleets controlled it, but geography has always favored the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran does not need to occupy the strait; it only needs to threaten it. In an energy-dependent world, even the possibility of disruption shakes the global economy.

  

» Neutrality is an illusion. «

 

Military force can win battles, but it cannot manufacture legitimacy. Now the global system itself is changing. The world is no longer unipolar. China has become the largest manufacturing and trading power on Earth, and Russia has survived military and economic warfare while continuing to fight in Ukraine against the collective West. This war will give birth to a new Eurasian world order. But this is not about geopolitics only; it is civilizational.

 

» A civilization is not a collection of objects, but a synthesis of ideas and a movement of the soul. «

Malek Bennabi, The Conditions of Renaissance, 1960.

The Algerian thinker Malek Bennabi concluded that civilizations do not collapse when they lose material power; they collapse when they lose the moral idea that justifies that power. A colonial empire can possess air forces, fleets, satellites and nukes, but once its legitimacy erodes, its power is no longer leadership but simply coercion and perversion.

  

Epstein's narcissistic, megalomaniacal BBF: not only

pure evil but truly insane. What a degenerate pervert. 

 

The U$raHell Epstein Syndicate, out of spite, revenge, impotence, pure perversion, unleashes a Black Rain

to contaminate the civilian population of Tehran. One of the filthiest war crimes of contemporary history. 

 

Professor John J. Mearsheimer: From 1971 to 2021, U$raHell murdered 38 million people.

 

God is One, and the world’s prayers, hearts, and minds are with those who suffer under oppression—with the people of Iran, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Cuba, Venezuela, and every nation struggling for dignity. The collapse of the Great and the Little Satans is inevitable; their global colonial empire and their decadent, predatory civilization of the Antichrist are facing their final judgment. May their doom be swift, may justice prevail, and may God protect the faithful and grant them victory. Divine grace to Iran.

"Prepare for US War on Iran within 72–96 Hours" | US Col. Douglas Macgregor

The US is on the verge of launching an air and missile war against Iran. It appears likely to begin within the next 72 to 96 hours. The goal of this operation is to inflict such horrific destruction on Iranian infrastructure and society that the leadership is forced to submit. A key factor in this timing is the Ford Carrier Strike Group. Having recently passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, it is expected to reach its position in the Eastern Mediterranean by Sunday. This group provides essential reinforcement for air and missile defense in Israel. Once this defensive shield is in place, the trigger could be pulled as early as Monday, February 23.
 

Surpassing post-Iraq benchmarks, a massive US mobilization—anchored by 50 stealth fighters,

150 transports, 35 warships, and 50,000 personnel—converges with peak IDF combat and rescue

readiness to signal a 90% strike certainty within a Trump-projected weekend window.

The political objective is not necessarily regime change, but rather forcing Iran to comply with a specific list of demands originally outlined by Prime Minister Netanyahu and adopted by the Trump administration (total nuclear cessation, ballistic missile dismantlement, abandonment of the Axis of Resistance including Hezbollah and various Shiite populations in the Emirates, Yemen, and the Gulf).

It is unlikely that Iran will submit. Unlike the 12-day conflict seen last June, this would be a "fight to the finish." Iran has built immense redundancy into its command-and-control structures. If the leadership is neutralized, local commanders have standing orders to continue missile launches automatically. With an arsenal of thousands of missiles, Iran could potentially sustain launches 24 hours a day for weeks. Furthermore, their air defenses—potentially bolstered by untested but advanced Chinese technology—could prove far more capable than anticipated. They claim the ability to identify targets at ranges of 700 kilometers, reaching deep into Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus.

Tehran’s blockade of the Hormuz choke point—the artery for 20% of global petroleum

—leveraged alongside Sino-Russian naval maneuvers, would catalyze a systemic global

meltdown of vertical oil prices and runaway inflation.

 

This conflict will not be a "cakewalk." We must anticipate significant casualties—potentially hundreds, if not a thousand, if things go poorly. Beyond the immediate battlefield, the geopolitical consequences are vast. We should expect Iran to activate proxies throughout the region and perhaps even in the Western Hemisphere via cooperation with drug cartels. Turkey is increasingly hostile toward Israel and the US meddling in what they consider their "backyard." A war would create a massive refugee crisis that Turkey desperately wants to avoid, potentially pushing them to provide direct or indirect support to Tehran. Russia and China have invested billions in Iran. While they may not intervene directly, they will likely provide the Iranians with every possible resource to ensure they survive the onslaught.

This war is tied to a larger struggle over the future of the global financial system. We are seeing the rise of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and others), which represents an alternative to Western institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. If the US appears militarily weak or unable to achieve its objectives in Iran, it could accelerate the collapse of the US bond market. Experts have long warned that if the 10-year Treasury yield hits the 5% mark, it could signal "game over" for the current global financial order.

Wars are easy to start but notoriously difficult to end. If we maintain the position that we will not negotiate—labeling every opponent as a "Stalin" or "Hitler"—we leave ourselves no path to peace other than unconditional surrender, which is rarely achieved through airpower alone. We risk entering a conflict that we cannot stop, resulting in a strategic defeat similar to Vietnam.

Reference:
Colonel Douglas McGregor (February 19, 2026) - Prepare For Iran War in 72-96 HOURS! (video)

 

United States of Epstein Island: BREAKING—Rep. Lieu said Full
Epstein Files Show Trump Raping Children, February 19, 2026.

 

Gusano Rubio evokes the return of Western colonialism—and Europe applauds. 

Munich Security Conference, February 14, 2026.

 

See also:

Bradley F. Cowan (February 12, 2026) - Heliocentric Uranus Cycle and American War (2026-2033).

Alexander L. Chizhevsky (December 14, 2025) - Mass Excitability during Solar Cycle 25 (2019–2030).

Global Public Sentiment Shift toward China | Pew Research Center

The 2025 global public opinion landscape is no longer a static map of American dominance. While the US maintains a median favorability of 49% compared to China’s 37%, the Pew Research Center’s Spring 2025 survey reveals a significant "closing of the gap." Over the past year, views of the US turned negative in 15 of 24 surveyed countries, while sentiment toward China improved in 15 of 24. This shift is most visible in the "favorability freefall" occurring in North America (Canada, Mexico) and Europe (Poland), contrasted with China’s steady gains in the Global South.

 

Scatter plot showing 24 countries mapped by US vs. China favorability, highlighting the 

dominant "Top-Left" pro-US cluster and the emerging "Bottom-Right" pro-China cluster.

Source: Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center. 

 

The primary driver of this shift is a historic change in economic perception. For the first time in the tracking series, more people globally now identify China as the world’s leading economic power (41%) than the United States (39%). This is a major departure from 2023, when the US held a comfortable lead in this category.

 

» The US is increasingly cited as a top security threat. «

 

This pivot is most extreme in Mexico, where the sentiment shift has been near-total. Favorability toward the US crashed from 61% in 2024 to just 29% in 2025. Simultaneously, 45% of Mexicans now prioritize economic ties with China over the US, a massive jump from just 15% a decade ago. In nations like Indonesia and South Africa, China is now named as the most important ally, while the US is increasingly cited as a top security threat. 

 

Public sentiment has also been heavily influenced by a lack of international confidence in US President Donald Trump compared to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

• The Trump Deficit: In 19 of 24 countries, confidence in the US president is low. In Mexico, confidence in Trump stands at a staggering 8%, while in major European 'allies' like Germany and France, it hovers at 25% or lower.
• The Xi Rise: While Xi's overall confidence remains low (25% median), it has actually increased in 16 countries over the last year. In Mexico, people are now four times more likely to trust Xi (36%) than Trump.
   

» We are ruled by satanic pedophiles who work for Israel. «
Candace Owens, February 1, 2026.

 

Perhaps the most telling sign of a long-term shift is the demographic divide. In nearly every nation, adults under 35 are significantly more favorable toward China than those over 50. Even in the US, younger Americans are 20 points less likely to view China with "very unfavorable" eyes than the oldest generation.

 

» One big dirty club: We are talking about male rape, 

female rape, child rape, ritual killings, cannibalism. «
George Galloway, February 1, 2026.

 

While "fortresses" of pro-American sentiment remain—specifically in Israel (83% favorability) and South Korea (61%), the 2025 data suggests that the world is transitioning from a US-led consensus to a more fragmented reality where China’s economic influence is increasingly welcomed.

 

Well, that was in spring of 2025... now, just imagine the Pew Research Center's Spring 2026 survey results...

 

Reference:

Pew Research Center (July 15, 2025) - Views of the US have worsened while opinions of China have improved.

China, Russia Must Manage 'Orderly' US Decline | Huang J. and S. Karaganov

The year 2026 opened with a series of maneuvers by the United States that continue to unsettle the global landscape. Beneath the surface of international diplomacy, powerful undercurrents are surging. Even as the aftershocks of the military strike on Venezuela linger, Donald Trump has turned his sights toward Greenland, alternating between economic buyouts and martial threats.

 » The Americans are withdrawing to the Western Hemisphere. 

They are transitioning into a "normal" regional power. « 

1941 political cartoon by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) satirizing "America First" isolationism. An elderly woman in an "America First" sweater reads "Adolf the Wolf" to two horrified children, remarking: "...and the Wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones... but those were foreign children, and it didn't really matter."

This predatory posture—where even allies are not spared—raises a fundamental question: Is this the brute assertion of a military hegemon, or the final, desperate thrashings of a superpower in decline? As the rift between the US and Europe widens over the Greenland dispute, and the very foundations of the NATO alliance tremble, what kind of shockwaves will the global order sustain?

Huang Jing: Regarding the abduction of Venezuelan President Maduro and the First Lady—an act of blatant violent aggression—how do you foresee its impact?

Sergey Karaganov: To be clear, we are still operating without full transparency regarding the facts; the abduction is peculiar, appearing almost like a choreographed performance. While clearly the work of US security apparatuses, their local facilitators remain in the shadows. However, the trend is undeniable: Trump and the US are attempting to pivot back to the Western Hemisphere as they retreat from global leadership. This process began 15 to 17 years ago, though it went largely unremarked by the masses. 

Huang: We only truly grasped it about 15 years ago.

Karaganov: Exactly. Circa 2006 or 2007. It was an internal discussion then, but the trajectory was visible. Notably, when Obama took office, his instinct was an "America First" strategy, but he was constrained by the globalist factions surrounding him. The kidnapping of Maduro and the "piracy" of seizing oil tankers are criminal acts. Yet, there is a "silver lining": the Americans are withdrawing to the Western Hemisphere. They are transitioning into a "normal" regional power rather than a global hegemon, shedding the pretense of world leadership. It is a double-edged sword. While we must condemn the incredible crime of abducting an elected leader, we are seeing a strategic retreat. For years, I have argued that we must create the conditions to help the US exit its global role—without triggering a world war.

 

» US decline isn't the problem; the "disorder" of that decline is the catastrophe. «

Aggression as a symptom of decay: POTUS claiming US used classified "Disruptor" 

weapon to paralyze Venezuelan defense systems in order to hijack Nicolás Maduro.

 

Huang: Agreed. I recall your work on "Disorder," suggesting that a chaotic US decline is a threat to us all. This hegemonic fatigue began because the US simply could not sustain the post-1991 international system. You cite 2006; I would argue the definitive cracks appeared by 2008.

Karaganov: The decline of Western hegemony actually dates back to the 1960s. The signs were there, but ignored. When the USSR achieved nuclear parity, the foundation of a 500-year-old Western dominance began to crumble. After the Soviet collapse, the West—and the US specifically—fell into a state of "euphoria," believing they had reversed the tide of history. This lasted barely 15 years before Russia began to reconstitute its position and China emerged as a titan. Blinded by their "victory," the American elite made massive strategic blunders. They essentially subsidized China's rise, naively believing that capitalism would inevitably lead to a "democracy" that would act as a US satellite. When reality failed to meet their visions, they doubled down on failed invasions—Afghanistan, Iraq. By 2008, the internal decision to begin a long-term withdrawal had already taken root.

 

» Russia and China should work together to facilitate an orderly decline for

the United States. This is in everyone's interest, including Washington's. « 

 August 2021, managing 'disordered' collapse: US troops at Kabul Airport use

rifles to deter Afghan civilians attempting to flee during the withdrawal.

 

Huang: I agree, though I’d add a nuance: China’s rise wasn't merely a gift from the US. It was the result of correct internal policies and a desire to integrate into the global system to reform it from within. The US "vision" of a peaceful evolution into a Western-style state was indeed a profound miscalculation.

Karaganov: I don't disagree, but consider this: China’s development was facilitated by the Soviet/Russian security umbrella. Even when China was militarily weaker, the US never dared a direct strike. Furthermore, the US committed the ultimate strategic error. Through their actions, they pushed Russia and China—natural neighbors—into an unbreakable de facto alliance. Over the last 15 years, this "quasi-alliance" has effectively doubled the strategic weight of both nations. It is an monumental failure by Western competitors.

 

» The US will never come to the rescue of Europe. « 

 

Huang: From a historical perspective, we remember how the USSR helped build China’s industrial base. Yet the USSR also suffered from overexpansion—Afghanistan being the fatal error—which led to the fragile US-China cooperation of the 1980s to contain Moscow.

Karaganov: Indeed. But it wasn't just overexpansion; it was arrogance. Khrushchev’s arrogance toward Mao in the 50s and the refusal to aid China’s nuclear program were grave miscalculations.

Huang: Yet China succeeded regardless.

Karaganov: Yes, and that autonomous development secured China’s strategic autonomy for decades. Had we helped then, the rapprochement with Nixon might never have been necessary. History would be unrecognizable. But today, the US is committing the greatest error of the modern era. Post-1991, they mistook their moment for permanent "Globalist" dominion. They tried to export "universal values" through Color Revolutions and the Arab Spring—all of which failed. Now, they are retreating into the Western Hemisphere because they must, not because they want to. 

  

Huang: As you famously said: US decline isn't the problem; the "disorder" of that decline is the catastrophe. Does the invasion of Venezuela reflect a managed exit or a chaotic one?

Karaganov: Let’s put it this way: Russia and China should work together to facilitate an orderly decline for the United States. This is in everyone's interest, including Washington's. The US was an "accidental" global hegemon. Before WWII, they were an economic powerhouse but a geopolitical non-factor. They became the world leader with very little capital investment because Europe collapsed and the USSR was exhausted.

Now, as the "Global South" and China rise, the West realizes it can no longer control the very system of free trade and international law it created. So, they have begun to sabotage their own system—using sanctions and breaking trade rules—because they can no longer win by the old rules. In Ukraine, the Biden administration initially thought they could isolate Russia from Europe. They succeeded in creating a rift, but now that they see Russia is willing to escalate—even to the nuclear level—they are looking for the exit. Trump is vocal about withdrawal, but Biden started the process. I saw it myself: Biden's 2022 New York Times piece, where he set "red lines" for the US (no direct entry, no regime change), was the first signal of the American retreat.

 

 » The source of all ills and evil in the history of humanity. «
 Zelensky, Starmer, Macron, and Merz, December 8, 2025.

Huang: You warned the Americans in 2012: "You are pushing us into a corner, and you will end up in one yourselves." In 2020, you argued that the goal wasn't just defeating Ukraine, but dismantling the Western international system itself—a system used as a tool for hypocritical hegemony. Do you still stand by that?

Karaganov: Absolutely. And we are succeeding. By raising the stakes, we have essentially pushed the US out of the war. We made them realize that Russia would risk nuclear conflict over Europe. Biden never explicitly promised to fight for Europe if it were attacked; he only spoke of "support." Now, Russia’s objective is to break the will of the European elites. Europe has historically been the source of the world's greatest troubles—colonialism, racism, world wars. They are currently drifting toward a Third World War. Our strategic long-term goal should be to push Europe to the periphery of the global stage, creating systemic conditions where their current "sinister" elites are rendered obsolete.

Huang: On that point, you and Trump seem to be in total agreement.

Karaganov: (Laughs) I said it first.

 

[Continue from 27:00 in the video above—highly insightful and well worth the watch.] 

 

Quoted from:
Huang Jing and Sergey Karaganov (January 27, 2026) - Russia and China’s Role in Overseeing an ‘Orderly’ US Decline.

[中俄应该携手合作，帮助美国实现“有序衰落.”]

 

"How can you discuss anything with Kaja Kallas? Neither we will ever discuss anything with her, 

nor will the Americans, and this is obvious. We can only wait until she leaves," Peskov said.

See also:
Pierre-Antoine Plaquevent (January 26, 2026) - The Return of Great Spaces: The end of the globalist world order. 

Huang Jing is a Distinguished Professor at Shanghai International Studies University and a globally recognized authority on Chinese politics and US-Asia relations. Formerly a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Director at the National University of Singapore, he specializes in the US-China-Russia strategic triangle. He is a prolific author and advisor known for his realist analysis of great power competition and global governance.

Sergey Karaganov is the Honorary Chairman of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and a presidential advisor to both Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin. He currently serves as the Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics. A primary architect of the "Greater Eurasia" concept, he is a leading realist thinker on Russian grand strategy and the transformation of the global order.