Chine, Russie, Turquie, États-Unis : le retour des empires ? | Géopoliticus | Lumni

More episodes of Géopoliticus 👉 https://cutt.ly/gAoLAF9 In international relations, imperialism refers to a state's desire to expand its influence by force, to the detriment of the sovereignty of other nations. Since the beginning of the 21st century, several major powers, such as Russia, China, Turkey, and the United States, have returned to imperialist policies. Géopoliticus explains the situation for you 👇. International Powers and Imperialist Politics • Russia. Since the 1990s, it has sought to restore the territorial grandeur of the imperial and Soviet eras. In addition to its disputed occupation of the Kuril Islands, which have been disputed with Japan since 1945, it has stepped up its interference in the former Soviet republics, which have been independent since 1991. In 1992, it intervened in Moldova, supporting the Transnistrian independence uprising. In 2008, under Vladimir Putin, Russia invaded Georgia to provide military assistance to the rebellions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2014, in Ukraine, it annexed Crimea before arming the rebels in Donbass. Finally, in 2022, Russia went so far as to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. • China. It asserts its ambition to become the world's leading economic and military power by 2049, the centenary of the People's Republic of China. Internally, the regime violently represses minorities, particularly in Tibet and Xinjiang. Externally, China is expanding a network of military bases and strategic ports as part of its "String of Pearls Strategy." It is also building artificial islands in the South China Sea to extend its sovereignty over areas disputed by several neighboring countries. Its main objective: to retake Taiwan, a territory it has considered a renegade province since 1949, and whose independence it rejects. • Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now claims the legacy of the Ottoman Empire. Since 2016, Ankara has deployed troops in northern Syria, where it de facto controls several areas, notably to counter Kurdish militias, which it considers a threat. Turkey is also intervening in Libya, where it is militarily supporting one of the parties in the civil war. Finally, in the Eastern Mediterranean, it is challenging international law to appropriate gas resources belonging to Greece and Cyprus. • The United States. Yet, as one of the founders of the global legal order, they are not immune to this imperialist temptation. Under Donald Trump, a discourse of domination is re-emerging. As early as 2019, he demanded the right to purchase Greenland, an autonomous territory belonging to Denmark. In 2024, he launched claims against Canada, despite being his military ally within NATO, and against Panama, strategically important for its canal, over which Washington had authority until 1999. ► The return of these imperialist postures threatens international stability. By denying the sovereignty of the states targeted by their ambitions, these major powers raise fears of the proliferation of large-scale conflicts. 👉 Discover all the videos in the Geopoliticus series.