Mistrust And Hegemony By John Willerton Summary

Looking at the world around us, we tend to just look at one aspect and that is ourselves in the United States of America. The average American does not care too much to really look into the world around them and see other parts of the world and how they fit into this universe as every country plays a pivotal role in the outlining of the world. John willerton understands this fully, he is a professor in the political science department at the University of Arizona. Professor Willerton focuses on Russia and has authored many articles about various subjects that are associated with that country. Fortunately for me I have been in his Russian politics course this semester and was able to experience firsthand how deeply he cares for a different part …show more content…
What he means by this is that Russia for years have lost the trust of its people as you go back into the soviet times and the times of communism that is where Russia was at its strongest as it had a set government and a clear order of which they do things. As time went on and the collapse of the soviet union many people begun to question the power of Russia and thus people within its states began to lose trust and the people of Russia began to voice its concerns. The solution to this is that the commonwealth of Russia began to institute different plans and accommodations to make the living circumstances of Russia a much better place to be for its …show more content…
The events sparked a possible controversy in the way of Russia breaking its 1992 treaty with Ukraine and the United States about having neculer weapons in the country. The claim is that Russia lied about it and those weapons were key in the 2014 events. Willerton explains in the article how this could show the rest of the world that Russia has not changed but most importantly instills fear as Russia acts as Russia sees fit regardless of a treaty and that on its own is a scary