‘New World Majority’ Is Taking Shape, Explains Ushakov at Annual Primakov Readings

Dec. 6, 2022 (EIRNS)—Eurasian countries are forming a new world majority that upholds just and universal principles, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Dec. 6. Ushakov was speaking at the first day of the Dec. 6-7 Primakov Readings forum in Moscow, entitled “World Order in Transit: Eurasian Dimension.” “[You] can already say that a new powerful, constructive force is taking shape on Eurasian soil, what can be called the world majority, which defends just and universal principles and approaches,” said Ushakov, who chairs the Primakov Readings organizing committee.

Ushakov stated that these approaches and principles are quite consistent with the interests of vast regions, such as Africa and Latin America, that also do not tolerate modern forms of neocolonialism or the world order based on “rules determined by whoever” (the Western concept of “rules-based order”).

The Primakov Readings were set up as an annual forum for international experts eight years ago in honor of Russian scientist and statesman Yevgeny Primakov, who—among his many efforts—was instrumental in 1998 in forging the trilateral cooperation among Russia, China, and India which evolved into the BRICS. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will address the Readings on Dec. 7. Panel discussions on Dec. 6 were on “Cooperation in Eurasia amid the Crisis of Globalization”; “The 20th CPC Party Congress and Russia: Strategic Partnership Priorities”; “Russia-India Relations: Opportunities for Cooperation”; and “The Nuclear Factor in Crisis Management: How To Reduce Risks.”

The last panel was to take up the future of strategic stability, in this current situation when we face a threat of nuclear war, the arms-control architecture has broken down and rapid advances are being made in military technology. “What is the future of nuclear deterrence? What measures can be proposed to prevent nuclear escalation in the face of an acute politico-military crisis? What should be the future of nuclear arms control?”