The architects of Global Britain are heading for a leisurely deepening of the conflict in Ukraine
“The war in Ukraine is our war. It’s a universal war, because the victory of Ukraine is a strategic imperative for all of us… We’re doubling down. We will go further and faster to push Russia out of all of Ukraine… We need a global NATO. By this I do not mean to extend membership to those from other regions. I mean that NATO must have a global perspective, it must be ready to face global threats”. This is from a speech by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss that has been hailed in the West as historic, comparable to Churchill’s Fulton speech.
Truss was speaking at an Easter banquet at the residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The City is not London, it is just a square mile, the historic core of the city, with St Paul’s Cathedral, the Stock Exchange building and the offices of the world’s biggest banks and corporations. It is run by the City of London’s own corporation, and even the Queen has no right to visit the City without an invitation. That is to say, this is an autonomous structure, the true centre of the Anglo-Saxons, the heart of global Britain. It is the financial centre of the world, the centre of the strategic management of forces confident in their right to rule the world. The motto of the City, placed on its coat of arms, is Domine dirige nos (“Lord, guide us”). In the American mind, the sense of one’s own exceptionalism is only a derivative of the “spirit of the City”, an imitation of it.
The Anglo-Saxons aim not just to crush Russia, but to build a new world order on its ruins. Today, the architects of Global Britain are taking the path of a leisurely deepening of the conflict in Ukraine. They benefit from constant tension and war in other parts of the world as well, to launch a controlled chaos around Russia and China. They set the CIS and Eastern Europe on fire, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula, Transcaucasia and Central Asia, Indochina and Southeast Asia.
CIS. Britain is now pumping arms into the AFU more than anyone else and pressuring other countries, its satellites are pushing the idea of active support for Kiev. Most telling are the open financial flows. London will lend Ukraine up to $500 million to “reduce the economic effects of Russian aggression”. During one of her visits to Kiev, Liz Truss announced that the UK would increase financial assistance to Ukraine to $136 million to “achieve energy independence.” In addition, London will allocate more than 2.3 billion dollars for the construction of the Ukrainian fleet and more than 2.72 billion dollars for “general energy and infrastructure projects”. At the same time, back in December, it became known that the British would provide $1.3 billion in export financing for investment in Ukraine. This amount will be allocated in addition to the 3.3bn dollars that Zelenskyy and B. Zelenskyy and B. Johnson had previously agreed on.
Europe. The increasing role of Global Britain in the European geopolitical kaleidoscope is part of the Anglo-Saxon integration processes. First BREXIT, then AUKUS, the further dramatic strengthening of London’s position around Ukraine are all elements of the same Great Game aimed at returning Britain to the ascendancy of the British crown amid a weakening of American hegemony. Since leaving the EU, London has sharply intensified its struggle for leadership and the realisation of its imperial ambitions, extending as far as the ice of the Arctic. And quite successfully. Poland and the Baltic states, for example, have begun to align themselves with London. Not Berlin, Paris or even Washington. Poland is increasingly becoming a facilitator of British interests on the continent. For its part, Britain supports Warsaw’s geopolitical project, Intermarium. The British alliance with Poland, the Baltics and Ukraine opens up new accesses to the Baltic and Black Seas, and from there to Transcaucasia.
The Baltics. Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to NATO includes a symbolic “closure” of Russia’s three-century European project by “locking up” the Baltic region. And the City of London once again becomes the ultimate steward of the Baltic, just as it did three centuries ago. That is why, before joining NATO, Sweden and Finland first signed a “declaration of political solidarity”, which in practice means for them a military-power guarantee from Global Britain. While Washington asked the Scandinavians not to rush into such guarantees and to wait at least until a decision had been made, London took it up and provided them. London signed this “historic” agreement with the Finns and Swedes on 11 May. And the very next day, May 12, Finland and Sweden officially applied to NATO…
The Arctic. The expansion of British influence through the conflict in Ukraine is also being used to shift the balance of power in the North. The more the conflict drags on, the stronger the British position becomes, not only in the Baltics, but also in the Arctic region. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on April 17 that there are risks of “unintended clashes with NATO in Arctic latitudes”. The British-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), which includes the Baltic states, Scandinavia and the Netherlands, is sharpened to operate in the Arctic. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “We will have a permanent presence in the Nordic part of the world. It won’t necessarily always be with Norway, it could be exercises with the Swedes, the Finns or other participants.” That said, the Arctic remains a critically important area for Russia in the context of the development of the Northern Sea Route and its importance for the further development of the Russian economy.
The Balkans. Britain is returning to the Balkans as an active player. Back in December, Liz Truss gathered the foreign ministers of the Western Balkans in London to announce an increased British political and diplomatic presence in those countries. At the same time, Britain’s own special envoy to the Western Balkans – Stuart Peach, former head of the NATO Military Committee and chief of the British Defence Staff, who was part of the alliance’s air force command during the Yugoslav bombings. Some analysts believe Kosovo may soon go up in flames again (British secret services are allegedly behind a number of provocations in the province): the British are actively pumping weapons into the region, the Turks are training local structures. And these are far from the first signs of impending tension. In April, Britain delivered to Kosovo a batch of ATGMs (Serbs were outraged and immediately … announced their intention to buy British Typhoon fighters) …
And by the way, there is such a potential flashpoint in the Balkans as Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where confrontation may escalate to a fiery stage at any moment. The budgets of British NGOs that promote the thesis that Republika Srpska is a “genocidal entity that must be eliminated in order to ensure European security and stability” are growing by leaps and bounds.
Caucasus. In the Transcaucasus there is an active attempt to rock Georgia today. At the same time escalation is taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh, where the Azerbaijanis have long been gathering troops and carrying out show of sabotage operations, undermining the authority of the Russian peacekeepers and seeking to unfreeze the Karabakh conflict. On 31 March the British deputy defence secretary, James Hippy, flew to Azerbaijan for his first official visit. There is a hypothesis that the British military leader’s arrival in Baku and the talks on military cooperation indicate London’s support for Ilham Aliyev’s plans to “restore historical justice” in Nagorno-Karabakh by force.
Central Asia. In Pakistan, after Imran Khan was recently ousted, public protests erupted in the country with the potential to rapidly escalate into widespread unrest. Since the change of power in Pakistan, the intensity of terrorist attacks has not declined. In April alone, more than 50 attacks were carried out by various groups, killing 16 Pakistani military personnel and injuring more than 30. And Pakistan’s destabilisation could lead to an escalation on the borders of Iran, China and India. At the same time, clashes have intensified on Afghanistan’s borders with Tajikistan. Russia also has a very large border with Kazakhstan, where Russophobes feel quite at ease.
At the same time possible stirring up of Afghanistan will affect all of Central Asia. Anything can be a spark. For example, a bloody riot like the one that occurred in May in Khorog, the centre of Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Oblast, after Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev, an MMA fighter deported from Russia, received 8.5 years in Tajikistan for calling for regime change. The Pamirs, of which Chorshanbiyev is currently the most prominent native, could well become a detonator in Central Asia as a whole. It is situated on the border with Afghanistan, is ethnically and religiously distinct from Tajikistan, and the Pamirs were actively involved in the civil war in the republic.
At the same time, the possible fomenting of Afghanistan would catch all of Central Asia. Anything could be the spark. For example, riots like the one that occurred in May in Khorog, the centre of Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Oblast, after Chorshanbiyev, an MMA fighter deported from Russia, received 8.5 years in Tajikistan for calling for regime change. The Pamirs, of which Chorshanbiyev is currently the most prominent native, could well become a detonator in Central Asia as a whole. It is situated on the border with Afghanistan, is ethnically and religiously distinct from Tajikistan, and the Pamirs were actively involved in the civil war in the republic.
At the same time, most Pamiris are Ismaili Shiites, supported by the Ismaili community leader, Agha Khan IV (Shah Karim al-Husseini), a British citizen, a royal family favourite, a multi-billionaire and a sponsor of numerous charitable projects in Central Asia. In general, through his contacts, British NGOs and the City of London are able to work not only actively, but also effectively.
This work, as has already been said, aims to move the world’s political centre from Washington to Foggy Albion.
Artyom Ignatyev, FGC
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