Russia and Ukraine

[Leonardo17]

Editorial from former diplomat from India:

Plainly put, the Europeans have been nicely played by the Americans. India should take note of the US’ sense of entitlement. Basically, the Biden administration created a contrived energy crisis whose real aim is war profiteering.

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India should expect the defeat of the US and NATO, which completes the transition to a multipolar world order. Sadly, Indian elites are yet to purge their ‘unipolar predicament’. Europe, including Britain, is devastated and there is palpable discontent over the US’s ‘transatlantic leadership’. Indo-Pacific strategy is hopelessly adrift. New power centres are emerging in India’s extended neighbourhood, as the OPEC’s rebuff to Washington shows. A profound adjustment is needed in the Indian strategic calculus.

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/commen...win-441926

This part of Russian Propaganda is also a farce.
1) Russia and China have always been rivals. They have very deep conflicts with one another.
2) China cares more about itself than it cares about Russia. There is no ideological partnership between the two.
3) China is not doing so well either. With Xi-Chi-Ping being elected for a third term in office there is a strong possibility that this country will suffer Russia-like instabilities in the future and perhaps even resort to a war with Taiwan in order to focus the public’s attention elsewhere. The China Miracle of the 00’s and the 10’s seems to have come to an end. Still I hope for a smoother transition than Russia’s for that country of 2 Billion citizens.
 
/ These are arguments from the 90’s. There is no polarity anymore. There is a globalized economy with many players and we are in an era in which the limits and disadvantages of globalization are becoming more visible.
The East vs. West power struggle is another dream.
But one thing is real: No one wants to be dependent on fossil fuels anymore. At least not in the long term. Saudi Arabia is also proving itself to be an unreliable partner. Germany is regretting its massive investments on Russian energy. So there is an increase of prestige for Nuclear Energy. Many Environmentalists are no longer opposing it. And in fact, we might be able to use this “dictators gone crazy” crisis to accelerate our transition to cleaner energy.