China’s carefully staged display of unity with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un at a parade marking China’s victory over Japan in WWII projected strength abroad, but it also risks unintended consequences.
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Things have been going the Russian leader’s way, both on the battlefield and on the diplomatic front. Nato and Ukraine’s European leaders need to step up.
China’s recent shows of strength and solidarity with Russia and North Korea have prompted speculation of a global changing of the guard.
International law isn’t dead. Far from it. But impunity urgently needs to be addressed.
Control of the Black Sea coast would threaten neighbouring Moldova.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were recently caught discussing whether organ transplants could help a person live forever. The idea has scientific and ethical flaws.
He also showcased a lot of military hardware
Despite the smiles, the unity underpinning a new China-led global order looks a lot more fragile than its president would have you believe.
Mutual mistrust is hindering progress towards an end to the Ukraine war.
The US vice-president recently said that all major wars end in negotiations. It’s a clue to how the US might approach ending the war in Ukraine.
And ‘land swap’ involving Ukraine ceding its strategically vital fortified cities in western Donetsk would be a disaster for Kyiv.
The SCO is the world’s largest regional organisation, but its members are anything but united.
Some European states are worrird after a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire Moscow might turn its firepower on them, so are building hundreds of miles of defensive wall.
The US and Europe hope protections for Ukraine can end the conflict. But previous attempts have fallen flat.
UKraine’s allies are talking about security guarantees which would resemble protections given by the Nato treaty. So what does that mean?
The US president has announced that arrangements are in the works for a meeting between the wartime leaders.
When all 118 submariners on board the Kursk were killed, Putin deployed his now-familiar misinformation tactics.
There are signs that Ukraine, the US and Europe are close to agreeing a pathway to a peace deal, but the initial response from Russia has not been promising.
Ukraine has already seen what a failed security arrangement leads to. The West must assume Russian promises won’t amount to anything.
For all the talk of security guarantees for Ukraine, the peace being looked at by the US president looks to be aligned with that desired by his Russian counterpart.
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