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==Sino-Russian Entente==

==Sino-Russian Entente==

[[Ray McGovern]], a former U.S. Presidential briefer, has chronicled how as “Biden took office in 2021, his advisers assured him that he could play on Russia’s fear (sic) of China – and drive a wedge between them. This represents the ‘mother of all errors’ of judgement, because it brings about the circumstances in which the western ‘Order’ may dissolve”.<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2024/05/17/ray-mcgovern-russia-china-two-against-one/ RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One], Ray McGovern, ''Consortium News]], May 17, 2024. consortiumnews.com</ref>

[[Ray McGovern]], a former U.S. Presidential briefer, has chronicled how as “[[Biden]] took office in 2021, his advisers assured him that he could play on [[Russia]]'s fear (sic) of [[China]] – and drive a wedge between them. This represents the ‘mother of all errors’ of judgement, because it brings about the circumstances in which the [[New World Order|western ‘Order’]] may dissolve”.<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2024/05/17/ray-mcgovern-russia-china-two-against-one/ RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One], Ray McGovern, ''Consortium News]], May 17, 2024. consortiumnews.com</ref>

“This [presumption of Russian weakness] became embarrassingly clear when Biden said to Putin during their Geneva summit … let me ask a rhetorical question: ‘You got a multi-thousand-mile border with China. China is seeking to be the most powerful economy in the world and the largest and the most powerful military in the world’.”

“This [presumption of Russian weakness] became embarrassingly clear when Biden said to [[Putin]] during their [[Geneva]] summit … let me ask a rhetorical question: ‘You got a multi-thousand-mile border with China. China is seeking to be the most powerful [[economy]] in the world and the largest and the most powerful [[military]] in the world’.”

McGovern observes that this meeting gave Putin clear confirmation that Biden and his advisers were stuck in a woefully outdated appraisal of Russia-China relations.

McGovern observes that this meeting gave Putin clear confirmation that Biden and his advisers were stuck in a woefully outdated appraisal of Russia-China relations.

Here is the bizarre way Biden described his approach to Putin on China: At the airport after the summit, Biden’s aides did their best to whisk him onto the plane but failed to stop him from sharing more ‘wisdom’ on China: “Russia is in a very, very difficult spot right now. They are being squeezed by China”.

Here is the bizarre way Biden described his approach to Putin on China: At the airport after the summit, Biden’s aides did their best to whisk him onto the plane but failed to stop him from sharing more ‘wisdom’ on China: “Russia is in a very, very difficult spot right now. They are being squeezed by China”.

‘Yes’: More of the same! Biden was trying, on the advice of his experts, to insert the ubiquitous western ‘wedge’ between Russia and an ‘BIG’ China.

‘Yes’: More of the same! Biden was trying, on the advice of his experts, to insert the ubiquitous [[Western alliance|western ‘wedge’]] between Russia and a ‘BIG’ China.

After these remarks, Putin and Xi spent the rest of 2021 trying to disabuse Biden of the “China squeeze” meme: This mutual effort culminated in the Xi-Putin ‘no limits’ friendship summit of that year. If the advisers had been paying attention however, they would have threaded a long history of Russo-Chinese rapprochement. But no, they were ideologically frozen in the view that the two were destined to be eternal enemies.

After these remarks, Putin and [[Xi]] spent the rest of 2021 trying to disabuse Biden of the “China squeeze” [[meme]]: This mutual effort culminated in the Xi-Putin ‘no limits’ friendship summit of that year. If the advisers had been paying attention however, they would have threaded a long history of Russo-Chinese [[rapprochement]]. But no, they were [[ideological]]ly frozen in the view that the two were destined to be eternal enemies.

==Indo-Pacific==

==Indo-Pacific==