It is wrong to assume alternative intervention or some other force can ultimately win against Russia because of its vast nuclear weapons.
The recent geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China are causing a shift in risk allocation for Western investors, as the fear of further decoupling grows stronger, resulting in firms questioning their future investments in China.
The Russian system under Putin lacks a concordance across economic power, social power, and political power, resulting in the concentration of power in a small number of hands in a non-diversified way, which could be prolonged with the new constitution.
The speaker argues that capitalism outcompetes communism because it generates more wealth, allowing for financial pressure and eventual bankruptcy of the USSR. They suggest that capitalism and communism were each resource strategies of the 20th century nation state.
The world is currently divided into two grand narratives, the neo-con liberal hegemony narrative and the peace process narrative. The former sees a great battle between democracy and autocracy, while the latter seeks to avoid conflicts and maintain peace.