Avdonin: MICs in America and Europe keep pushing for escalation

Aleksei Avdonin, an analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR), talked to Alfa Radio about the impact Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential race can have on peaceful resolution of global conflicts

The expert pointed out that wars and competition today are more or less destroying the very concept of ‘peace’.

“Why is the concept of ‘peace’ changing, along with its model? Because, as we all know, wars are good business. Notice how both European and American military industries are pushing for conflict escalation across the globe. Tough going in Ukraine? All right, let’s freeze that conflict because, roughly speaking, there’s no one left to pay for those weapons, and they got everything they could get their hands on. So they have to start a new one. Where? In the Middle East, in the Pacific. Can you see how hawkish the new White House administration Trump is currently in the middle of forming, sounds? They are openly saying their main attack vector is China, the US’ direct competitor. That means war is now being considered a new competition model,” he said.

The BISR analyst emphasised that when talking about peace, Belarus has always been using its traditional model.

 “I mean the model where there’s no confrontation, no weapons are used, no people or infrastructure facilities are destroyed. We know you can achieve much more in the peace mode,” he explained.

Mr. Avdonin also commented on the news that the UK is going to train the new generation of Ukrainian elites.