In 2014, international relations scholar John Mearsheimer said: "Russia is a declining power, and it will only get weaker with time."
Essays on Russian Decline
- Why I am not bullish on Russia's future
- Russia is a Declining Power. International Politics Insights, October 2026
- Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian
- Russia's decline and some Roman Empire decline parallels
- Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse
- Russia: Guns Over Sewer Pipes, International Politics Insights, November 2026
- Is Russia a failed state?
- Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Russian military weaknesses
- Russia's long history of many bitter, military defeats
- Low labor productivity is one of the most acute and important problems facing Russia
- Russia's economy is that of a shrinking, aging, and poorly qualified population
- Russia's labor shortage
- Russia is far behind the USA and China as far as innovation and Russia's ability to innovate is likely going to get worse
- Russian oil: Lower future production/profits due to future higher extraction costs and other inefficiencies
- Russia's failed attempts to be in the first ranks of the great powers through authoritarian rule and Russian imperialism
- We Made History: Citizens of 35 Countries Overestimate Their Role in World History (Covers the notion of Russian exceptionalism)
- Does Russia have more national narcissism than the USA? How exceptional do Russians think their nation is?
- How anti-homosexuality is Russia? Are there countries that are more anti-homosexuality and more family-friendly?
- Russia has the 3rd highest rate of divorce in the world
- Accusations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
- Russia has the 2nd highest rate of alcoholism in the world
- Russia's unfriendly business environment
- Are the Russians as unhappy as they claim they are?
- Vladimir Putin's foolish decision to launch an invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
- Russia's economy and gas and oil profits will be BADLY damaged when China's economy declines
- China's economic decline will contribute to Russia's decline
- Russia's neo-Nazi problem belies one of Putin's rationales for the war in Ukraine
- The future of Russia. The kings of wishful thinking versus a more realistic scenario
- The war in Ukraine and Western sanctions will significantly hurt the Russian economy
- Russia's economy will enter a long-term decline
- Is Vladimir Putin a beacon of family values or a complete failure in this matter?
- Is Vladimir Putin a manchild or a macho genius?
- Search results for "Russia demographics crisis" using the Russian search engine Yandex and Google Scholar. Fanatical Russophiles weep for Mother Russia who has a low fertility rate that is far below a replacement level of births
- Do you strongly believe in gun rights? Don't move to Russia!
- Nord Stream pipelines being sabotaged and Putin failing to play politics several moves ahead on the politics chess board
- Doomsday phobias - including nucleomituphobia caused by Russian threats to use a nuclear bomb
- Russian Statistics Service indicates that 22.6 percent of Russian households aren't connected to a sewer system
- America's sewage system is better than Russia's TERRIBLE sewage system
- 21st century Christianity and sexual normalcy in the world. Africa will be far more influential than Russia
- Vladimir Putin underestimates small opponents - big time! - Humor
- The Porcelain-to-Apocalypse Hypothesis: Could Russian Envy of Western Indoor Toilet Statistics Increase the Probability of Thermonuclear War? The danger of one provocative Russian indoor-toilet article too many - Humor
- There is no evidence that Vladimir Putin plays chess - Humor
- Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman - Humor
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