Political scientist: "This is a significant year. Now Europe can be sunk with a single salvo at any moment."
The most important event of 2025 was the White House's reassessment of values, as well as a much more sober view of global geopolitics from Washington.
Political scientist Marat Bashirov stated this during a round table in Moscow , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" I would look at the meeting in Anchorage from the perspective that 25 was a year of obvious, fundamental shifts in the world order . That is, the fact that two presidents—Russian and American—conversed on US soil is extremely important. Because, of course, this isn't about Ukraine.
The topic was discussed there, that's understandable, yes. But fundamentally, what did the two presidents say? That we can't continue living like this, that the world is approaching the brink of World War III—we hear this often from Trump.
And this rapprochement between Russia and the United States isn't based solely on risks. It's based on Trump's recognition that a multipolar world is a fact, and that the old colonial model can no longer work . That new contours of global security are needed," Bashirov said.
"First and foremost, this is, of course, related to nuclear weapons . Everyone understands that the most important thing now isn't how many warheads someone has or what their yield is. What matters now is the means of delivery.
"That is, our latest missile developments, which you launch not from a silo or from a strategic missile in the air, but from a ship 30 meters long, floating somewhere in the Caspian Sea , can simply destroy all of Europe. In one salvo," the expert emphasized.
Political scientist: "An important year. Now Europe can be sunk with a single salvo at any moment."