The ICE alliance has more geopolitical and geostrategic rationale than economic
On July 11, 2024, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Washington, the US, Canada and Finland announced a new trilateral consortium—the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact—with an explicit intention to challenge Russia and China in icebreaker construction and deployment. It is expected that by the end of 2024 the three nations will turn ICE into a ...
For 80 years, the Atom bomb has prevented a repeat of the horrors of the 1940s – Russia needs to leverage it again to stop American aggression
Nuclear deterrence is ... ... conflict, which, if left unchecked, could lead to a frontal military conflict between NATO and Russia and a nuclear war. This scenario can be prevented by further strengthening... ... were five nuclear powers, but then the only real poles were the US and the USSR, plus China with its then small nuclear arsenal. Now Beijing is moving towards (at least)...
... entered a period of decline
Elena Karnaukhova: In the context of Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, there are many discussions ... ... of the efforts of the Soviet Union, in East European countries, China and several other states Communist parties came to power,... ... China’s rapid economic and technological growth and Beijing’s refusal to accept the American offer to become a junior partner of ... ... reality fraught with a direct military clash between Russia and NATO. But the main thing is that the scenario you are asking about ...
Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine and the subsequent ... ... partnership of coordination in new era,
a unique status within a wide China’s network of strategic partnerships. The conflict in Ukraine ... ... issues. In particular, it emphasizes the negative attitude towards NATO expansion and destabilizing activities of external forces ... ... of economic ties from Europe towards China later led to the accusations against China that Beijing had been informed by Russians ...
Interview with Andrey Kortunov and Zhao Huasheng
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine drags on. In response to France’s President Emmanuel Macron floating the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine, there has been a storm of indignation and a wave of disavowals ... ... crisis that has an impact on global strategic security? In early March 2024, during the China-Russia Dialogue 2024 in the city of Sanya, the Beijing Club for International... ..., like all wars it has caused enormous suffering on both sides, with hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians killed and wounded, cities and houses reduced...
... its nuclear dimension.
Elena Karnaukhova: In the context of the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, there are going ... ... help of the Soviet Union, in the countries of Eastern Europe, China and several other states, Communists parties came to power,... ... China’s rapid economic and technological growth and Beijing’s refusal to accept the American offer to become a junior partner of ... ... reality fraught with a direct military clash between Russia and NATO. But the main thing is that the scenario you are asking about ...
... Initiative
Editor's note:
From March 20 to 22, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russia. During the trip, President Xi and his counterpart Vladimir Putin released several... ... War mentality, and destabilizing the world for its unilateral gain. How do we make of China and Russia's frequent mention of the U.S.?
Sergey Sanakoev:
Russia and China... ... region. How do you comment on this move by the U.S.?
Sanakoev:
They are making a new NATO in the Asia-Pacific region. It's crazy of them. We even don't understand why mankind...
... Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin. He is still considered close to Russia’s president and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. His recent ... ...
President Putin has mentioned on Feb. 24 that Ukraine’s accession to NATO warrants Russia’s military intervention to prevent it. However,... ... Not by force, but through constructive destruction, through refusal to participate in it. But after the last demand to stop NATO ... ...
Sanctions are getting tighter. Will Russia become more dependent on China?
«There is no question about that: we will be more integrated ...
The U.S. felt that it needed to reshape European perceptions to revive the “Russian threat”, galvanizing the West under its hegemonic influence
Experts are scrambling to explain why the U.S. prioritized containing Russia over China despite most prior indicators very strongly suggesting that it would prioritize the second scenario. U.S. President Joe ... ..., after it provoked a third round of civil war hostilities with Washington’s backing. The Russian leader also claimed that NATO clandestinely established military infrastructure in the former Soviet Republic for the purpose of carrying out a surprise ...
... surpassing the last defense budget of Donald Trump. It is inevitable that the U.S. will press forward to modernize its nuclear triad. Russia to a large extent has already done so. It is a reverse situation in comparison to the Cold War era. This time NATO has an overwhelming superiority in conventional weapons, and Russia with its nuclear doctrine has to rely heavily on nuclear ... ... nuclear technologies, which is an obvious risk inherent in the AUK–U.S. adventurism. The U.S. strategy of a new cold war with China envisages the creeping involvement of India in the anti-Beijing military alliance, which will inevitably spur a nuclear ...