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Writing in 1997 former [[National Security Advisor]] to [[President Jimmy Carter]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] forewarned, "A grand coalition of China and Russia united not by [[ideology]] but by complementary grievances would pose the most dangerous scenario as far as threats to United States [[hegemony]] are concerned."<ref>[https://www.sott.net/article/404941-Americas-nightmare-The-Sino-Russian-entente America's nightmare: The Sino-Russian entente], John S. Van Oudenaren, Center for National Interest, 12 Jan 2019. www.sott.net</ref><ref>[https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/01/29/other-america-or-three-missed-chances-to-avoid-world-war-iii/ The Other America (Or the Three Missed Chances to Avoid World War III)], Matthew Ehret, January 29, 2023. strategic-culture.su</ref>

Writing in 1997 former [[National Security Advisor]] to [[President Jimmy Carter]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] forewarned, "A grand coalition of China and Russia united not by [[ideology]] but by complementary grievances would pose the most dangerous scenario as far as threats to United States [[hegemony]] are concerned."<ref>[https://www.sott.net/article/404941-Americas-nightmare-The-Sino-Russian-entente America's nightmare: The Sino-Russian entente], John S. Van Oudenaren, Center for National Interest, 12 Jan 2019. www.sott.net</ref><ref>[https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/01/29/other-america-or-three-missed-chances-to-avoid-world-war-iii/ The Other America (Or the Three Missed Chances to Avoid World War III)], Matthew Ehret, January 29, 2023. strategic-culture.su</ref>

The two [[nuclear weapon|nuclear armed]] [[superpower]]s, [[Russia]] and [[China]], forged a "no limits partnership" on the opening day of the [[Beijing]] Winter Olympics on February 6, 2022 to confront the [[Western alliance|Western powers]] flooding [[weapon]]s into [[Ukraine]] and [[Taiwan]], shortly after which [[President Putin]] launched the [[Special De-Nazification Operation]] (SMO) to liberate Ukraine from [[neo-liberal]] [[globalist]]-[[fascist]] control.<ref>https://thechinaproject.com/2022/02/04/putin-and-xi-agree-to-no-limits-partnership-at-olympics/</ref>

The two [[nuclear weapon|nuclear armed]] [[superpower]]s, [[Russia]] and [[China]], forged a "no limits partnership" on the opening day of the [[Beijing]] Winter Olympics on February 6, 2022 to confront the [[Western alliance|Western powers]] flooding [[weapon]]s into [[Ukraine]] and [[Taiwan]], shortly after which [[President Putin]] launched the [[Special De-Nazification Operation]] (SMO) to liberate Ukraine from [[neo-liberal]] [[globalist]]-[[fascist]] control.<ref>https://thechinaproject.com/2022/02/04/putin-and-xi-agree-to-no-limits-partnership-at-olympics/</ref> China and Russia are linked by a common understanding of the threat to their [[sovereignty]] from [[US]] [[unipolar]] [[hegemony]].<ref>[https://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-nightmare-sino-russian-entente-41447 America’s Nightmare: The Sino-Russian Entente], by John S. Van Oudenaren, ''The National Interest'', January 12, 2019. nationalinterest.org</ref><ref>[https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-china-entente-deepens-in-the-shadow-of-the-pandemic/ Russia-China entente deepens in the shadow of the pandemic], BY M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, ''Indian Punchline'', MAY 2, 2020. www.indianpunchline.com</ref> Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] made it quite clear that the core of the Russia-China relationship revolves around establishing an economic and financial axis to counterpunch the [[Bretton Woods Conference|Bretton Woods arrangement]].  That implies doing everything to protect Moscow and [[Beijing]] from “threats of sanctions by other states”; progressive [[de-dollarization]]; and advances in [[cryptocurrency]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-usnato-versus-russia-china-hybrid-war-finish</ref>

The [[NATO war in Ukraine]] brought [[Moscow]] and [[Beijing]] closer together for the first time since the days of [[Mao]] and [[Stalin]].<ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/war-in-ukraine-needs-to-be-understood-in-context-of-new-russia-china-alliance/ War in Ukraine Needs to Be Understood in Context of New Russia-China Alliance], By Alfred W. McCoy , ''TOM DISPATCH'', March 10, 2022. truthout.org. First published in TomDispatch https://tomdispatch.com/the-geopolitics-of-the-ukraine-war/</ref> [[Biden]] and those who come after him are unlikely to be able to make a division, as [[Nixon]] did in 1972.<ref>[https://archive.is/ioghJ#selection-437.0-605.14 This Is the Russia-China Friendship That Nixon Feared], By Farah Stockman, ''[[New York Times]]'', Feb. 20, 2022. </ref><ref>[https://archive.is/70KJw Fifty Years After Nixon’s Visit, China Tilts Back Toward Russia], James T. Areddy, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', Feb. 26, 2022.</ref> China and Russia are linked by a common understanding of the threat to their [[sovereignty]] from [[US]] [[unipolar]] [[hegemony]].<ref>[https://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-nightmare-sino-russian-entente-41447 America’s Nightmare: The Sino-Russian Entente], by John S. Van Oudenaren, ''The National Interest'', January 12, 2019. nationalinterest.org</ref><ref>[https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-china-entente-deepens-in-the-shadow-of-the-pandemic/ Russia-China entente deepens in the shadow of the pandemic], BY M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, ''Indian Punchline'', MAY 2, 2020. www.indianpunchline.com</ref> Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] made it quite clear that the core of the Russia-China relationship revolves around establishing an economic and financial axis to counterpunch the [[Bretton Woods Conference|Bretton Woods arrangement]].  That implies doing everything to protect Moscow and [[Beijing]] from “threats of sanctions by other states”; progressive [[de-dollarization]]; and advances in [[cryptocurrency]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-usnato-versus-russia-china-hybrid-war-finish</ref>

The [[NATO war in Ukraine]] brought [[Moscow]] and [[Beijing]] closer together for the first time since the days of [[Mao]] and [[Stalin]].<ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/war-in-ukraine-needs-to-be-understood-in-context-of-new-russia-china-alliance/ War in Ukraine Needs to Be Understood in Context of New Russia-China Alliance], By Alfred W. McCoy , ''TOM DISPATCH'', March 10, 2022. truthout.org. First published in TomDispatch https://tomdispatch.com/the-geopolitics-of-the-ukraine-war/</ref> [[Biden]] and those who come after him are unlikely to be able to make a division, as [[Nixon]] did in 1972.<ref>[https://archive.is/ioghJ#selection-437.0-605.14 This Is the Russia-China Friendship That Nixon Feared], By Farah Stockman, ''[[New York Times]]'', Feb. 20, 2022. </ref><ref>[https://archive.is/70KJw Fifty Years After Nixon’s Visit, China Tilts Back Toward Russia], James T. Areddy, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', Feb. 26, 2022.</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 in June 2021 … 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. 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 alliance|western ‘wedge’]] between Russia and a ‘BIG’ China.

[[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 in June 2021 … 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. 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 alliance|western ‘wedge’]] between Russia and a ‘BIG’ China.