https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/foreign-and-security-policy/is-russia-losing-or-playing-the-long-game-9024/ IPS Journal en 2026-04-28T12:01:35+02:00 Is Russia losing — or playing the long game? Russia, Global South, strategy, world order, allies, Iran, Cuba, Israel, US, perception, reputation https://www.ips-journal.eu/fileadmin/_processed_/6/f/csm_dpa_Sitenko_264587641_1fd35ac798.jpg Is Russia losing — or playing the long game? / © picture alliance/dpa/MAXPPP | Nicolas Remene / Le Pictorium