The trajectory of the social-economic development of Russia that was formed during the last decade of the 20th century, and has been lasting in the first decade of this century, is leading Russia to be a potential source of asymmetrical wars of the 21st century. Some reasons are:
1. Russia stands at the crossroads of the three civilized world centers: the European, the Chinese, and the Islamic one. With that Russia is full of resources needed by each of the centers. It is also clear that the North American civilized center and particularly the USA will not be aside from the struggle for Russia's resources.
2. The formed trajectory of Russian economic growth has been leading the nation to be a resource agent of the world economy, and hence to further “vacate” the Russian area at the expense of its population reduction. Thus Russia is seemed to provoke the struggle for access to its resource potential.
3. As for at least the twenty years ahead, Russia will secure its defense potential that will exclude the direct military actions for its resources. Providing this, and with the purpose to weaken the government power, the unleashed asymmetric war conflicts over the Russian territory seem to be a seductive instrument to gain control on the Russian resource potential.
4. The social policy of Russia leads to stronger differentiation of the Russian population as regards incomes and living standards. This differentiation is just close to the situation when the social conflicts and uprising are very possible. Thus Russia might become both the area and the source of the asymmetrical wars.
5. The avoidance of the mentioned above prospects is possible through only such a change of the trajectory of social-economic development that will lead to the establishment of Russia as another civilized and modern center of the globe.