An interview
with Julian Charles of ‘The Mind Renewed’ about my recent essay, “Russia and
Britain: An Enduring but Fruitless Rivalry”.
TMR Page - Episode 198 “Britain & Russia: An Enduring But Fruitless
Rivalry”
We are joined
once again by the lawyer and university lecturer Adeyinka Makinde for an
in-depth interview on the subject of his recent essay, “ Russia and Britain: An
Enduring But Fruitless Rivalry”.
The crisis
between Britain and Russia over the alleged poisoning of Sergei Skripal is the
latest episode in what has been in recent times a de facto “Cold War” between Russia
and the West. However, friction between Russia and Britain is longstanding;
indeed it has spanned the centuries -a recurring clash of civilisations fuelled
by cultural differences, imperial ambition and ideological antagonism- and
manifest today in the West’s attempts to maintain its global dominance in the
face of a surgent Eurasia with Russia at its centre.
But with the
ideological “Cold War” of the Soviet years a thing of the past, we must surely pause to ask: Why is Britain
prolonging this fruitless “rivalry” with a distant Eurasian power? Whose
interests does it serve? And is there, perhaps, a more constructive and,
frankly, safer way forward?
Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in
criminal law and public law at a university in London, and has an academic
research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor
to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on
international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a
programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service
Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia.
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© Adeyinka
Makinde (2018)
Adeyinka
Makinde is a writer based in London, England.
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