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The factors drawing Putin and Xi together

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A strong sense of empathy with Russia on the part of China is only natural as it too faces predicaments such as being forced to the back foot on the issue of human rights in Xinjiang or being branded as “assertive” when it began reviving in 2015 its historical claims in the South China Sea from where they were abandoned in 1935, in response to the activities of the other littoral states.

It is an open secret that Western intelligence had a big hand in stirring up the unrest in Hong Kong. In fact, the history of US interference in China’s internal affairs to destabilize the Communist government is not new. It goes back to the Central Intelligence Agency’s covert activities in Tibet in the 1950s and early 1960s (which were at least partly responsible for triggering the 1962 China-India conflict).

The factors drawing Putin and Xi together

History as Warfare: The ‘1619 Project’ and the Plot to Destroy the Republic

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Matthew Ehret | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 4, 2020

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.”

– Marquis St. Evrémonde (from Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities)

History as Warfare: The ‘1619 Project’ and the Plot to Destroy the Republic

Belarus to abandon outreach to West & focus foreign policy on developing relationship with Russia & China – influential senior MP

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Belarus to abandon outreach to West & focus foreign policy on developing relationship with Russia & China – influential senior MP

In his opinion, Belarus’ “top priority” should now be “strengthening political, economic and military relations with Russia, within the framework of the Union State.” The MP also noted that the country should focus on its relationships with China, India, Iran, Turkey and Vietnam, to help the country become part of a “Eurasian macroregion.”

Biden and Australia (Asia Link Sep 8, 2020)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Biden and Australia (Asia Link Sep 8, 2020)

That said, in recent months, several common themes have emerged from American thinkers, some of whom will serve in a Biden administration. These themes will impact on American allies.

Biden will prioritise rebuilding those alliances that have contributed to keeping the peace since World War 2. We have an active interest in this. As with the Trump Republicans, not all the Democrats are enthusiastic supporters of America’s security commitments.

Second, while the Democrats share some of the wider American reservations about multilateralism, they will put constructive energy into multilateral endeavours and structures at the regional and global levels, including reforming some of them. They will be looking to Western democracies, including Australia, to work to this end.

Third — and crucial for Australia — will be the Biden administration’s approach to China.

Mainstream American foreign policy thinkers, including the people around Biden, are realistic. They understand that China has changed. But rather than espouse the ideological crusading language of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, they are developing alternative concepts.

Related:

Why America Must Lead Again — Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy After Trump

How Steve Bannon used Indian TV channels to shape anti-China rhetoric even before Ladakh

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

How Steve Bannon used Indian TV channels to shape anti-China rhetoric even before Ladakh

But less than a week ago, Steve Bannon, seen to be the unseen hand guiding right-wing demagogues across the world, was grandstanding on WION, the ‘World Is ONe” news channel launched by Subhash Chandra, the Zee founder who became a Rajya Sabha member with the help of the BJP (and invisible ink)—and whose autobiography Narendra Modi released at his home in 2016 (above).

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