"...Germany is no longer an imperialist nation, although it leads the EU and played a key role in its enlargement. Russia once again went through a chaotic period but by 2000 it was recovering its strength under Vladimir Putin. He is clearly determined to reassert Russian influence--if not more--over many of the states of the former USSR..." DK
"An ambitious France, whatever its ideology, is a revolutionary France." Metternich
Re either Germany, Russia, the United States, or several others in Asia and the Middle East: an ambitious state, whatever its ideology, is now a revolutionary state.
This became true in the West, and then elsewhere, only after The Age of the Democratic Revolution in the West.
Prior to that time, an ambitious state in the Old European Order might well be conservative, and confront only conservative adversaries.
This became true in the West, and then elsewhere, only after The Age of the Democratic Revolution in the West.
Prior to that time, an ambitious state in the Old European Order might well be conservative, and confront only conservative adversaries.
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