{"id":3152,"date":"2026-02-16T06:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:24:15","slug":"putins-2007-munich-speech%c2%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=3152","title":{"rendered":"Putin\u2019s 2007 Munich speech\u00b9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Putin\u2019s 2007 Munich speech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(the West was told the world doesn\u2019t belong to them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(00:00 \u2013 00:45) &#8220;The unipolar world is over&#8221; \u2013 Putin&#8217;s opening salvo against one superpower dominating everything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(00:45 \u2013 04:11) Why the unipolar model failed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(04:11 \u2013 07:30) Hyper-use of force &amp; collapse of international law: US\/NATO acts on &#8220;expediency,&#8221; not rules\u2014sparking arms races and insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(07:30 \u2013 10:00) Multipolar world is inevitable: the economic power is shifting to China, India, BRICS \u2014 and political influence follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10:00 \u2013 13:30) Only the UN not NATO\/EU can legitimize force: peaceful change is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:30 \u2013 18:00) Arms control unraveling: INF Treaty issues, US missile defenses in Europe, space militarization\u2014Russia calls for new treaties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(18:00 \u2013 24:00) NATO expansion as betrayal: Broken 1990s promises of &#8220;not one inch eastward&#8221;\u2014new divisions replacing old walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(24:00 \u2013 30:30) Russia rejects lectures &amp; containment: 1,000+ years of sovereignty\u2014seeks equal partnership, not pressure or &#8220;guidance.&#8221;\u00b9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2022687946717950156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2022687946717950156<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin\u2019s 2007 Munich speech (the West was told the world doesn\u2019t belong to them). (00:00 \u2013 00:45) &#8220;The unipolar world is over&#8221; \u2013 Putin&#8217;s opening salvo against one superpower dominating everything.&nbsp; (00:45 \u2013 04:11) Why the unipolar model failed (04:11 \u2013 07:30) Hyper-use of force &amp; collapse of international law: US\/NATO acts on &#8220;expediency,&#8221; not rules\u2014sparking arms races and insecurity. (07:30 \u2013 10:00) Multipolar world is inevitable: the economic power is shifting to China, India, BRICS \u2014 and political influence follows. (10:00 \u2013 13:30) Only the UN not NATO\/EU can&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-munich-security-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3154,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions\/3154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}