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

... the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and prospects for the China-Russia relations. The world security situation:... ... security situation, which is not only the most dangerous time since the end of the cold war, but the most dangerous period since the cold war. People often raise the question... ..., like all wars it has caused enormous suffering on both sides, with hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians killed and wounded, cities and houses reduced...