... understanding of why Ukraine is being targeted. Human lives do not count. The victims are, and will continue to be, the people in Ukraine and Russia, all those who are actively involved in the fighting.
In recent years Greenland appears have developed into a new geostrategic ... ...
In the long term, these raw material deposits in Greenland could also help to make “the Western world” less dependent on China; as China holds around 90% of the world's rare earth metals.
But Greenland is still sitting on untapped raw material deposits....
... South and the BRICS states, Russia and China, or whether it will adopt a confrontational course, intensify its trade war with China and become isolated. It’s a very open question.
The EU would have had a bad hand even if Kamala Harris had been elected.... ... complete distraction from the EU’s current structural problems.
More than ever, the EU seems to be seeking a confrontation with Russia. Not only is more and more money flowing into Ukraine and more and more weapons are being supplied, but important positions are being filled with figures such as former Estonian ...
... resolve the contradictions impeding the new world order’s formation.
In the fall of 2024, such an understanding is in need of correction.
First,
regarding nuclear weapons. It is not that they have ceased to function as a deterrent. Their possession by Russia, China—and to some extent Israel—does deter those states’ adversaries from actions that they would likely otherwise take to achieve success. But the Ukraine conflict has forced the world to reconsider the limits of nuclear deterrence, i.e., to define what exactly it is able to deter. The current U.S.-NATO proxy war against Russia, in the form of full-scale military support for Ukraine and all-out ...
... level
but the two countries did not plan to establish a formal military alliance
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.
Military cooperation between the two countries has not visibly affected by the Ukrainian conflict and the Western attempts to isolate Russia. Before the conflict in Ukraine Russia and China used to hold several large-scale military exercises every year or every second year. That included
Peace Mission
Shanghai Cooperation Organization exercises, maritime cooperation naval exercises, joint strategic command exercises, internal security ...
... was
unenthusiastic about
the Chinese proposals, as it continued to reproach China for supporting Russia. In turn, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, answering questions on the role of China in the negotiation process, pointed to the fact that China did not condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine. He also
added
that the Western allies are convinced: “the capabilities of the parties at the negotiating table will be determined by their achievements on the battlefield.” Obviously, it is difficult for the head of the Western alliance ...
... and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on September 4. On September 9-10, 2023, New Delhi hosted the 18
th
G20 Summit, and China will host the 3
rd
One Belt, One Road Forum in October 2023. All of these meetings have addressed or will address food security ... ... extent, and so it is safe to say that global food security currently plays a key role in global affairs.
Igor Matveev:
Suspending Ukraine’s Agricultural Exports: Will Russia Save the Arab World from Food Riots?
After Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, political vilification ...
... China’s perspective, the Ukraine crisis is extremely complex in terms of its
causes, participants, and pursued interests. It is not only a war between Russia and
Ukraine, but also a proxy war or quasi-war between Russia and the US and NATO.
With regard to Russia and Ukraine, China has never had any problems with Ukraine.
However, when it comes to Russia and the US and NATO, China believes that the
latter two hold substantial responsibility for the outbreak and continuation of the war
and that some countries have exploited ...
... geopolitical confrontation between the US and China from the second half of the 2010s, as well as the transition in 2022 of Russian-American relations from the stage of confrontation to the sharp rivalry between the two states, including
a proxy war
in Ukraine. Understanding the collapse of its previous calculations on the internal political transformation of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, as well as the complex of challenges to its global hegemony, during the presidency of Donald Trump (2017-2021) the United States officially adopted the concept of great power rivalry, and accepted the notion – already under the Joe Biden administration ...
... demand to refuse domination, and to integrate as a multipolar order, which would be fairer, more democratic, and more safe. So this is our direct message to the U.S. and the Western countries.
CGTN: The joint statement stressed the need to resolve the Ukraine crisis "through peace talks." Russia welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis. Facing the current crisis in Ukraine, how do you view the statements of both sides? How will this help resolve the Ukraine crisis?
Sanakoev:
Certainly, we respect these proposals. And ...
... the JCPOA nuclear deal, Washington has continuously gone on the offensive. The US has clearly understood that time is not on its side and has resolved to act while the balance of power is in its favor. Provoking Moscow into taking military action in Ukraine was designed to weaken and isolate Russia; stoking tensions in the Taiwan area has served the goal of pressuring China and strengthening anti-Beijing alliances in the Asia-Pacific.
The US strategy includes mobilizing and disciplining Washington’s multiple allies around the world. The leadership of the Americans within those various blocs, which is the latest version ...
