... most acute indirect conflict is taking place in maximum physical proximity to the main administrative and industrial centres of Russia. That is why many respectable observers now have some concerns about the correctness of the US strategy, which in its most ... ... national sovereignty and of the highly-centralised police State.” The first is confirmed so far — even economically powerful China does not yet have, apparently, arsenals comparable to those of Russia and the United States. The second — “an end to ...
... civilian casualties but also to avoid provoking a direct conflict with the U.S.
Yang Xiaotong:
“Light of the World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East
Postmodernity as inoculation against war
However, the core reasons ... ... Tayyip Erdogan does in Syria and Libya. But repeating the experience of the Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, with hundreds of thousands killed and millions wounded, is now a no-go: Middle Eastern societies have changed too much over the past 40 years, and ...
... burdens that remained in matters of European security. Today, almost the entire collective West is fighting against a strengthened Russia in Ukraine, supplying Kiev with weapons and ammunition, and providing Ukraine with finances, intelligence, military specialists,... ... contradictions. Apparently, we are only at the beginning of an exacerbation. After all, the real fight between the two key rivals—the USA and China—is yet to come. One can argue for a long time about what is the root cause of the increase in deterrence—mistakes of ...
Has the situation on the Korean Peninsula become more dangerous, and how should Russia proceed given these circumstances?
Throughout 2024, the two Korean states have fundamentally changed their positions ... ... unsuccessful “campaign to liberate the South” that started in 1950 (and nearly ended in complete disaster, were it not for China’s intervention). Yet by the 1970s, amid détente between the United States and North Korea’s “patrons”—the Soviet ...
Washington's desire to establish a dialog on arms control and risk reduction with Moscow and Beijing, albeit with each of them separately, looks very cynical
Relations between Russia and China today are stable and characterized by an elevated level of mutual trust. The rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing takes place against the backdrop of pressure from the United States and its allies at the regional and global levels. This competition,...
... betrayal. Over the past couple of decades, they have witnessed
Washington use false accusation as casus belli to attack Iraq,
leave their Kurdish allies at the Turks’ mercy... ... countries in the region.
“The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back”
Yuliya Alekseeva:
China in the Mashriq: New Best Friend
While countries of the Middle East resent American... ... Ukrainians are overwhelmingly Christian.
Second, the West often paints the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the great power competition between China and the U.S. with Manichean...
... rationale than economic
On July 11, 2024, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Washington, the US, Canada and Finland announced a new trilateral consortium—the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact—with an explicit intention to challenge Russia and China in icebreaker construction and deployment. It is expected that by the end of 2024 the three nations will turn ICE into a detailed business plan with financial projections, binding commitments and specific deadlines. The pact aims to produce a fleet ...
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... be able to provide assistance in time due to the distance factor.
The consistent refusal of leading Asian powers to commit to stable and formal alliance obligations is... ... previous century. Furthermore, the vast demographic size of countries such as India, China, and Indonesia limits their ability to form long-term alliances. The large populations... ... the only factor driving Tokyo and Seoul to pursue a policy of sanctions pressure on Russia in recent years. Without this presence, Moscow might not have significant concerns...
For 80 years, the Atom bomb has prevented a repeat of the horrors of the 1940s – Russia needs to leverage it again to stop American aggression
Nuclear deterrence is not a myth. It kept the world safe during ... ... multipolarity
During the Cold War there were five nuclear powers, but then the only real poles were the US and the USSR, plus China with its then small nuclear arsenal. Now Beijing is moving towards (at least) parity with America and Russia, while India,...
