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its enhanced influence and status, and
further favour its interests.
The Russians, by contrast, see them-
selves as the number one casualty of
globalisation. They think that the US-
led order has cheated them. Without
it, they believe, there would have been

a much easier and effective transition

from the old Soviet Union to the new

Russia. So they regard themselves, rightly

or wrongly, as the victims of US global

leadership. A new world order is there-

fore a much more urgent priority for

Moscow than it is for Beijing.

Bobo Lo is an associate research fellow with the Russia/NIS Center at the

French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and a non-resident fellow

with the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Australia.

Adam Reichardt is the editor in chief of New Eastern Europe.

Russia is unprepared for the next world order, Interviewer: Adam Reichardt Interviews