... of the People’s Republic of China, while some nations, at the behest of the United States, talk instead about a “united China,” avoiding any recognition of the sovereignty of the Communist authorities over the island. Incidentally, Taipei protested the joint statement and imposed sanctions against Russia in late February as the situation in Ukraine was developing.
Self-Defence has its limits
Finally, Tokyo’s reaction to the aggravated international situation amid ...
... evaluated later, its poor political planning is already evident. The task of keeping Ukraine under control could be carried out in various forms (and it was often successfully... ... occupation would now mean to surrender potentially the only effective tool of control. Russia has willingly entered a mammoth trap of its own making—an enormous waste of... ...
Furthermore, Moscow's reliance on Beijing is growing considerably. The People's Republic of China remains the only stable and large external market for Russia and its only source...
... strike, though it will be argued that it is only a second strike after Russia’s first strike when launching the intervention in Ukraine.
That would be a specious argumentation. The sanctions signal the adoption of a strategy of economic eviction as well as a dramatic abandonment of the West’s old strategy of a truly globalized capitalist economy, in which Russia and China are stakeholders. It also signals the abandonment of any vestige of the Kissingerian notion of Russia being a partner in ...
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Chinese-Russian coordination on Ukraine: partial alignment, substantive differences
Speculation over possible Chinese backing for Russia’s actions has recently been rekindled by an announcement that both sides had “coordinated” their positions on Ukraine. Following this, China joined Russia in opposing a U.S.-requested debate on Ukraine in the UN Security Council,
arguing
that it believed Russian denials of a planned invasion to be credible and concerns over a war unfounded. This may be seen as a shift from China’s stance in 2014,...
... including Russian peacekeepers. We called on the United States to stop the madman in Tbilisi and had to react with our military might only 24 hours after the blatant and heinous offence against peace in the Caucasus had been committed.
So any analogy of Russia and China coordination with regard to Ukraine is nonsense. Although speaking more broadly, there is no doubt that the current situation in the world fosters further strengthening of the strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing. But unlike the U.S. and its NATO allies we have no geopolitical ...
... as a perfect reason to intensify domestic pressure on the American President, who arguably conditioned military assistance to Ukraine in exchange for investigation of Democratic presidential hopeful for 2020, Joe Biden. In this respect, the assumption ... ... not a witch-hunt as some would argue; this is the end of U.S. foreign policy we have known for the last 80 years. The rise of Russia, China and other less influential regional powers pushes the United States to either defend its dominance or step back. In other ...
The best way to knock the “Russian card” out of the hands of political profiteers is to implement a well-balanced, long-term and consistent strategy of ... ... consistent strategy of Russia’s relations with a specific state or groups of states. The most instructive case is Russia–China relations. There have been and there will be many attempts to sow doubts or mutual suspicions, to resurrect old grievances ...
... systems obsolete?
But if Missile Defenses do prove to be effective, at least against some missile systems, is it possible to develop some form of dual key Missile Defense system against third party threats? How can the U.S. best reassure Russia and China that the US deployment of MD systems is not aimed a developing a first strike capability?
Russia–Crimea–Eastern Ukraine
In June 2017, just after the U.S. re-imposed sanctions on Moscow, the U.S. State Department insisted that the new sanctions measures were intended to reinforce existing sanctions and that they were “
designed
to counter attempts to circumvent ...
... 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 way for Russia to accelerate a settlement ...
