... to find a way to turn German leadership to its favor, thereby blunting any future U.S. policy of containment and more active pressure. Russia will seek to ameliorate Germany, and repair that relationship. The way back into German graces lies through Ukraine, hence Russia has worked hard over the summer to restore its credibility in seeing the Minsk-2 ceasefire agreement implemented.
#5: The China factor
Russia's relationship with China will ironically mirror its previous interaction with the West, cycles of engagement and disappointment. On the one hand, there is far more substance and economic basis for cooperation there; on the other, ...
... self-development at the expense of foreign policy ambitions. Today, international objectives are coming to the forefront. So, forecasting China's national interests as far as 15-20 years from now is hardly plausible. The PRC is working hard to build up its international ... ... the use of not just standard economic and military tools but also information assets.
Both the outbreak and deepening of the Ukraine crisis are absolutely contrary to Russia's interests.
Could you predict the outcome of the Ukraine crisis? Is there a ...
... as regards the Mistral ships which France is building for the Russian Navy. It may well be that that order will be canceled. Ukraine, faced with the prospect of losing the special gas price granted by President Vladimir Putin to Viktor Yanukovych, will ... ... strategic environment in the West is fast deteriorating. One obvious way to respond to this is to reach out to Asia and the Pacific. China, of course, will not follow Western sanctions: it is more likely to exploit them for its own benefit. Gazprom, which has ...
... any regime change that occurs through violence since China itself faces the issue of separatism. If Crimea announces its independence through a referendum, China is unlikely to recognize and support it. And although Russia is a strategic partner of China, Ukraine is also its strategic partner, and Russia therefore cannot count on Chinese support over the issue of a referendum on the independence of Crimea.<…>
The complete text of Dr. Zhang Hong’s commentary was published by the influential ...
... arresting gear and homer system optics remained intact. It took years to scrap the ship, layer by layer. Some reports say that dismantling the
Melbourne
was only completed in 2002, when China had already received the aircraft carrier
Varyag
, bought in Ukraine.
As a result, China has found the opportunity to familiarize itself with a real-life, albeit decommissioned, carrier combined with the years it had to examine NITKA and its equipment, extremely helpful as it builds its own infrastructure for sea-based aviation and ...
