Russian Military Publishes Report on Color Revolutions as Regime Change: An analysis of the phenomenon of color revolutions as a means of regime change in countries near Russia appeared in the journal of the Russian Defense Ministry entitled Political Engineering of Color Revolutions: Ways to Keep Them In Check, authored by Col. A.N. Belsky and O.V. Klimenko, printed in issue #3 for 2014 of the English-language edition of Military Thought: A Russian Journal of Military Theory and Strategy, published in the U.S. by Eastview Press. The authors begin by noting that the geopolitical map of the post-Soviet territories has changed dramatically over the past 30 years which has frequently seen so-called color and flower revolutions that have caused the overthrow of a number of governments in countries that had formerly been stable. To all appearances, the masterminds of these overthrows are guided in this day and age by the elaborate managed chaos theory that has proved to be effective on the ground. This theory was most assiduously worked on in the early 1980s at the multidisciplinary research center established at Santa Fe (Santa Fe Institute), New Mexico in 1984 to specialize in blowing up managed chaos. Colored Revolutions Are Illegal Warfare Under International Law The article cites a conference held there in 1992 on Chaos Theory and Strategic Thought where the conferees thrashed out the ground rules of a new geopolitical concept of gaining and retaining superiority, basically by stirring up chaos within a hostile country in whichever way was the most effective. The key source of knowledge for color revolutions, however, is Gene Sharps 1993 book From Dictatorship to Democracy. A Conceptual Framework for Liberation. Sharps book has become a true guidebook for contemporary revolutionaries and a repository of practical recommendations to opposition movements in Yugoslavia, Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and elsewhere.... The color revolutions that succeed and those that failed in their attempts sought to split the countries on the post-Soviet territories from one another and to hem in Russia with neighbors far from friendly to it. This is certainly an indication that Russia is a target for forces that have a direct stake in isolating it. They trace the goals of this geopolitical outlook straight back to Halford Mackinder which has made Russia a geopolitical target ever since because of its potential for self-sufficiency. SEE Stop World War III They then cite two Russian experts on color revolutions, A.E. Granich and D.A. Lushnikov, who argue that there are several scenarios by which color revolutions can unfold: * Number one is the classical Orange color revolution strategy, by which the ruling elite plans and carries out a surprise coup timed for upcoming elections and, in its trail, a stage-managed crisis of government legitimacy (members of the same elite run against the governments candidates in the elections). * Under Scenario Two, a faction of the ruling elite conspires to overthrow its formal leaders and/or oust members of another faction (or clan, clique or whatever) from their cushy jobs. * In Scenario Three, a revolution is exported from the fringes to the capital, à la Mussolinis March on Rome, by the joint forces of metropolitan and regional elites leading a coalition of regional revolutionary forces to the capital. This, they say, is close to what happened in Georgia when Saakashvili marched from Gori to Tbilisi but it was at its most striking in Ukraine where the Maidan in Kiev was overrun by bands of radical club-toting masked hoods from West Urkaine for three months.... The thugs had been trained for funds provided by the special services of Western countries (Germany, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.) * In the fourth scenario, some members of the elite exploit the outfall of riots overwhelming a country in direct or indirect protests against the head of state or government or against some other factors. These are not hard and fast rules, these scenarios can occur in combination and/or, in the view of Granich and Lushnikov, there may be even be other scenarios, but the point is they are attempts at a coup détat to replace the ruling regime in the guise of a political revolution. The other point they make, again, quoting other experts, is that these so-called revolutions arent really revolutions in the strict sense of the term, because, in the words of A.A. Veshnyakov, former head of the Central Election Commission of Russia: Their objective and their end result did not bring about a change in the existing socioeconomic system; actually, the ruling elites (or some of their segments) were replaced by other competing groups driven by their own economic and political interests. Another Russian expert, S. Markov, defines color revolutions as a new kind of political shenanigans to unseat politicians from power. Authors Belsky and Klimenko consider it as a revolution of the 21st century, a revolution engineered by nongovernmental organizations, a revolution in the age of globalization. Video of _kmYRfNfRkM Video produced by LaRouchePAC detailing the coup in Ukraine as a “colored revolution” deployed according to the playbook of Gene Sharp to destabilize Russia. Now, what to do about all this? The authors go on to lament the condition of Russian youth today. They lack any commitment to national values and accents have slipped in social and moral orientations. They write: Young people are today more worldly wise, egocentric and even antihuman. To put it in practical terms, many of them are sloppy in performing their primary civil responsibilities, are socially immature and immoral, intolerant and aggressive, which all translates rapidly into growing criminality among youngsters, other vices apart. This complicates the matter of protecting the nation. They identify several ethical, political, religious and psychological behind this collapse and say: Society in Russia and the social framework in its allied countries seem to have abandoned supreme values and ideals. Instead, society is now an environment of unrestrained egotism and morality in chaos. [These conditions are] frequently exploited by extremists and opposition forces of all shades to achieve their destructive objectives by extremists and opposition forces of all shades to achieve their destructive objectives by stage-managing crowds of young people devoid of any sense of idealism, morality, or patriotism in color revolutions against government in office. In response to this, the authors write: Russia and other CSTO countries must aim their efforts at creating optimal sociocultural and educational conditions to raise harmoniously developed individuals, intelligence and seeking self-improvement and self-realization, responsible and conscious of their civil status. The first step has, we believe, been made toward moral revitalization of the nation in the Strategy of the State National Policy of the Russian Federation until 2025, approved by the countrys president in a decree he signed in 2012. They propose that CSTO countries draw on the stock of social values in their countries and mobilize their home base to forestall color revolutions by developing a cementing idea for the CSTO and formulating a strategy for patriotic, moral, and cultural upbringing of the younger generation.... Patriotism can only be fostered by the joint efforts of government agencies and nongovernment organizations. These efforts must be focused on what welds people of various ethnic origins, religions and political affiliations together and on their common desire to make their country strong. Ethical education of the younger generation will only then produce the desired results. SEE Campaign for a Classical Renaissance
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