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America’s deepening proxy conflict with Moscow, in response to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, is not going well for US strategic objectives or interests. This international crisis has been bad news for virtually every country other than China, which is emerging as the sole winner, including by strengthening itself at America’s expense. The US is set to accelerate its relative decline by inadvertently aiding the faster rise of its main challenger, China.
US President Joe Biden’s “hybrid war” strategy, which has included weaponisation of global finance, has failed to trigger Russian President Vladimir Putin’s downfall or turn the rouble into “rubble”, as Biden vowed in the early stages of the war. The unprecedented US-led sanctions have failed to even weaken Russia militarily or economically, or change the Kremlin’s behaviour. If anything, Russia has pivoted to a war economy, expanding its missile production beyond pre-war levels and manufacturing almost three times more munitions than NATO’s collective production capacity.
By subordinating its economy to its security needs and by making military advances in Ukraine, Russia is emerging from the current conflict as a bigger threat to the West. And Putin appears more determined than ever to upend the US-led global order and hasten the relative decline of the West. As the US European Command’s General Christopher Cavoli recently acknowledged, “We will have a big Russia problem for years to come.”
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The Toxic Nexus
Joe Biden’s blunder fosters a China-Russia friendship and an American nightmareAmerica’s deepening proxy conflict with Moscow, in response to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, is not going well for US strategic objectives or interests. This international crisis has been bad news for virtually every country other than China, which is emerging as the sole winner, including by strengthening itself at America’s expense. The US is set to accelerate its relative decline by inadvertently aiding the faster rise of its main challenger, China.
US President Joe Biden’s “hybrid war” strategy, which has included weaponisation of global finance, has failed to trigger Russian President Vladimir Putin’s downfall or turn the rouble into “rubble”, as Biden vowed in the early stages of the war. The unprecedented US-led sanctions have failed to even weaken Russia militarily or economically, or change the Kremlin’s behaviour. If anything, Russia has pivoted to a war economy, expanding its missile production beyond pre-war levels and manufacturing almost three times more munitions than NATO’s collective production capacity.
By subordinating its economy to its security needs and by making military advances in Ukraine, Russia is emerging from the current conflict as a bigger threat to the West. And Putin appears more determined than ever to upend the US-led global order and hasten the relative decline of the West. As the US European Command’s General Christopher Cavoli recently acknowledged, “We will have a big Russia problem for years to come.”
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America’s deepening proxy conflict with Moscow, in response to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, is not going well for US strategic objectives or interests. This international crisis has been bad news for virtually every country other than China, which is emerging as the sole winner...
