Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security

... France’s President Emmanuel Macron floating the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine, there has been a storm of indignation and ... ... international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and prospects for the China-Russia relations. The world ... ... fighting for two years, using almost all heavy weapons except nuclear weapons such as airplanes, tanks, artillery, warships, ... ... has caused enormous suffering on both sides, with hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians killed and wounded, ...