The world is on the threshold of a new cold war. This opinion was expressed by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. According to him, the two main players in the new cold war will be the United States and China.
The two countries have comparable economic resources, which was not the case during the first cold war. Beijing and Washington are now adversaries, and we must not wait for the PRC to westernize
- the former US Secretary of State explained his opinion.
The authoritative American newspaper The Washington Post indirectly agrees with the former American diplomat. The publication notes that a growing alliance between two of America’s greatest strategic and military adversaries, China and Russia, could change the world order as profoundly as the United States did a half ago. -century.
China and Russia despise democratic values ​​and the rules-based world order, which they see as obsolete and dominated by the United States. They are confident in the superiority of their autocratic control systems.
says the Washington Post.
At the same time, the publication points out that the Celestial Empire is the leader of the union of China and Russia. The American edition assigns Moscow the role of a follower.
Deprived of Western markets and its economy crippled by sanctions, Russia needs China
says the Washington Post.
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