Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
... impossible for history to repeat itself. This is a particularly fragile time in the international security situation. The collapse of the world order, the fierce confrontation... ... worst-case scenario, namely, the outbreak of hot spots in North-East Asia, the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. If these hotspots break out, it will bring a huge impact... ... century was marked by three world wars, namely, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War—which was also, in a sense, a special form of world war. The Versailles system...