New Eastern Europe - November-December 2017

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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.

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