USA and Europe and Friends v. World
“China and the U.S. are in a race to build up their world power blocs, and both are using the same pressure point: the war in Ukraine.
Last week, China’s leader Xi Jinping spent three days in Russia, solidifying his “no limits” partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden kicks off his second Summit for Democracy — aiming to rally world leaders around principles of freedom, rule of law and human rights.”
The War in Ukraine was apparently a wake up call for the EU in their slumber when it came to China and exactly how to deal with an emerging power that has risen so quickly from obscurity to a World power. The threat posed by Russia is far more real to Europeans today as they see one of their neighbors being invaded by Russian forces and brought to its knees. That begs the question that Europeans now must ask themselves, will Putin stop at Ukraine? He has indicated the answer to that question is no. How far will China go in helping the Russians? These are now very prescient matters.
