“Any power strives to become a superpower” – Picture of the Day – Kommersant

Anatoly Adamishin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, former First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation:

– The laws of human existence do not allow this. The fight for who will be first, second and so on will continue. Historical experience shows that there was no such world order when one of the countries or empires did not dominate, another opposed it, then a third appeared, and so on.

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Sergey Lukyanenko, fantasy writer:

– In the next century or two, this is just as unfeasible as a proposal to the whole world to unanimously abandon weapons and begin to live peacefully. There will be those who hide it, and not destroy it.

The emergence of superpowers is a fairly natural process and is mainly due to human nature: aggressiveness, fears, the desire to make your family, your tribe, your state stronger and bigger.

For a stable configuration, it is necessary that the superpowers recognize the mutual right of each other’s existence and their number should be at least three – there are no chairs with two legs, but there are already three.

Artificial intelligence will not replace superpowers, or it is a very distant prospect. Today, these are systems that can process data very quickly, analyze, combine, draw, and even produce the illusion of a reasonable dialogue, but they do not know how to think! And when they learn, will they not become a superpower that will not want to communicate with us, because we will be completely uninteresting or harmful to it? I don’t really believe in the uprising of machines or terminators, but I wouldn’t risk it here.

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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, entrepreneur, former head of the Republic of Kalmykia:

– I adhere to the idea of ​​vitacracy – life power, therefore I believe that a world without superpowers is not only possible, it should be like that. A superpower is where the city of heaven is. Not on Earth. Unattainable and beautiful.

The existence of superpowers is one hundred percent “arms race”, eternal competition. But not for who did more for his people, but for who is stronger.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has repeatedly explained to everyone who wants to hear: “We must understand that all seven billion people are the same. On a human level, it is hardly possible to find differences between us, we are all the same people. So it all depends on the healthy desire of mankind to survive and survive. This is only possible in a multipolar world. No superpowers.

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Karen Shakhnazarov, Director, General Director and Chairman of the Board of the Mosfilm Film Concern:

This has never happened and I don’t think it will. There is no example that this is possible. It is inherent in the nature of man, as well as states and civilizations: to strive for supremacy. Everyone who has the opportunity – political, economic, military – will strive to become superpowers. And it would be nice if we ourselves were in this place!

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Evgeny Satanovsky, President of the Middle East Institute:

– Of course, it is possible. They once did not exist, there were only empires and great powers. But after the Second World War, two superpowers arose at once – the USA and the USSR, then, after Mikhail Sergeyevich and Boris Nikolayevich surrendered everything, there was only one left. And now China is on the rise, and after the 20th Congress of the CPC, there will probably be two superpowers again.

Without superpowers, the world will be neither less dangerous nor less conflicted. All the rest will conflict and fight among themselves, compete for zones of influence.

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Sergey Aleksashenko, economist:

There is no world without superpowers. In world history, there have always been superpowers, that is, countries whose economic and military power was significantly higher than those of others. The country that is stronger than others could be one, like Great Britain in the middle and end of the 19th century, or two, like the USA and the USSR in the 20th century.

I cannot imagine that the geography of the world will change, because there will always be countries that are obviously stronger than others, both economically and politically.

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Petr Nalich, musician:

A world without superpowers is undoubtedly possible. Especially if we become better, cleaner and kinder, and even less greedy and afraid. Although I do not really believe in heaven on earth.

Sometimes a big cop is needed, but most of the time it isn’t. The system of the big policeman is degenerating and only begins to hinder rather than help, because such a state begins to think superpower.

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Philip Tuponosov, CEO of Globaltechexport:

Every power aspires to become a superpower. I would like it not to be so, and everywhere peace and grace come at once, but the essence of man is in constant struggle.

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Daria Mitina, political scientist:

– Such a world order is called communism, even if it is a hypothetical reality for now. In the practice of the struggle between the two systems – capitalist and socialist – it was not possible without a confrontation between the two superpowers, such a clash was obvious.

Now everything is the same, only China has taken the place of the USSR.

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Anatoly Wasserman, TV presenter, State Duma deputy:

– A world where all countries will be equal in size and equal is impossible. There will always be some inequality. But in principle, there cannot be many superpowers: at least three, and preferably four or five, so that none of them could imagine anything about themselves. Others will immediately begin to “befriend” her and will reason with the conceited one who aspires to gain sole dominance.

Throughout the history of the world there has been an inequality of countries. And when they tried to eliminate it, it usually ended in even greater inequality.

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Elena Suponina, orientalist, leading expert at RIAC:

“Superpowers come and go, but the world remains. In the East, where apocalyptic sentiments are strong, people live in anticipation of a Savior, not a superhero or a superstate. Such is the view from the height of eternity with the depth of spirituality. But in practice, trading ingenuity pushes you to play on the ambitions of the strong in order to maneuver between them and build your own line of survival.

Group “Direct speech”