by Andrea Turi Reading the article Two Paradigms clash: Us – China – Russia Partenership that won WW2 or Hellish Plunge into WW3 written by Matthew J.L. Ehret – journalist, historian and founder of The Canadian Patriot Review – for the Covert Geopolitics website is an important aid for those who want to understand the dynamics that will govern world trends in the near future. Andrea Turi of the Eurasia and Mediterranean Studies Center interviewed the author of the analysis. READ IN ITALIAN |In the pages of the Italian media, it is not usual to read interviews with Canadian analysts. Mr. Ehret, can you then briefly present who you are and what you do to the italian reader? I am the Editor-in-Chief of a newsmagazine which I founded in 2012 called the Canadian Patriot Review, the author of a four volume book series called the Untold History of Canada, and a Senior Fellow at the American University in Moscow which was founded by Dr. Edward Lozansky in 1993 as non-profit foundation committed to building bridges between the west and Russia. Also in 2019, I cofounded a non-profit called the Rising Tide Foundation in Montreal with my wife which is dedicated to reviving classical education, and intercultural dialogue. |You wrote a very interesting and lucid article entitled “Two Paradigms clash: Us – China – Russia Partenership that won WW2 or Hellish Plunge into WW3” which we will come back to immediately. But first I would like to ask you how do you see the current international context? What are the forces on the ground? It is a very tumultuous period as you know in the USA whose ultimate outcome I believe will determine not only the fate of the republic but much of world history for a very long time. As I wrote in my article, we are living through a sort of “in-between period” at the end of one system which has reached a boundary condition and is disintegrating, and an emerging new underdefined system that will replace the old order. The fight over whether the USA slides back under the full control of the thing controlling Biden during the disputed election result fight which will be going to the courts soon or whether the nationalist forces behind Trump are able to keep power will determine alot in this context. |In your article you talk about the clash between two paradigms, can you explain what you are referring to? The underdefined new system which will ultimately replace the currently collapsing order like I said is highly underdetermined. On the one side a multipolar alliance premised on certain principles of win-win cooperation driven by very long term, large scale infrastructure projects characterized by things like China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Russia-India-Iran International North South Transport Corridor, the Russia-China Polar Silk Road, and many other big things. Much of it with an interesting space-focus tied to the long term settlement and mining of the moon and Mars. Under this system...