From behind the Iron Curtain to Hybrid Warfare Networks (Echoes of Churchill’s Fulton Speech)
https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-2929-2022-03-24-33
Abstract
Aim. Based on the analysis of Winston Churchill’s Fulton speech and the project “The Unthinkable” initiated by him, we can trace the causes of the unavoidability and, moreover, the aggravation of the confrontation between the collective West and modern Russia.
Tasks. Analysis of the course of the history of the post-war world from the unification of the Western world against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, initiated by Winston Churchill’s Fulton speech, as well as the revival of the “Iron Curtain” — a global barrier between the collective West and the entire non-Western world entangled in a network of hybrid warfare.
Methods. The historical method, the method of civilizational and cultural analysis were applied, content analysis and event analysis of Churchill’s Fulton speech were carried out, allowing to analyze the intentions and identify the true goals of the author and the hidden meaning of his speech, which affect the global political discourse.
Results. It is argued that it is necessary to take into account historical analogies that make it possible to reveal the deep meaning of strategic planning of the policy of peace as opposed to the policy of war both in the Eurasian space and throughout the world.
Conclusions. Judgments are formulated about the growing geopolitical tension between the collective West and the entire non-Western world in the networks of hybrid warfare.
About the Authors
S. G. Kiselev
Moscow State Linguistic University;
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey G. Kiselev, Professor of the Department of Political Science; Professor of the Department of International Security and Foreign Policy of Russia, Doctor of Science (Philosophy)
Moscow
I. F. Kefeli
North-Western Institute of Management of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor F. Kefeli, Professor, Leading Researcher at the Research Laboratory of Strategic Planning and Eurasian Integration; Doctor of Science (Philosophy)
Saint Petersburg
A. B. Opokin
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey B. Opokin, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Public Law and Legal Support of Management
Moscow
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Kiselev S.G., Kefeli I.F., Opokin A.B. From behind the Iron Curtain to Hybrid Warfare Networks (Echoes of Churchill’s Fulton Speech). EURASIAN INTEGRATION: economics, law, politics. 2022;16(3):24-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-2929-2022-03-24-33
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