Ukraina - Russland og Kina bidrar til splittelse i den vestlige leiren - The Economist og Forsvarets Forum

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At some point, regardless of what happens in Ukraine, we’re gonna go through the same hand wringing when the PLA builds up to invade Taiwan.

And the same folks will mirror, downplay, lecture the US, stick their heads in the sand, and say “no, they wouldn’t dare” or “they can’t.” (Red.)

Diplomacy has created an opening for detente in Ukraine, but beware a trap

Russia is invoking the Minsk agreement to sow chaos, not to bring peace

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Feb 12th 2022

Nothing concentrates minds like 130,000 troops poised to invade. For years relations between Russia and the West have languished, but the Russian forces converging on Ukraine have caused a spasm of diplomacy. On February 7th and 8th Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, went to Moscow and Kyiv with plans to prevent war. He was to be followed east by the British ministers of foreign affairs and defence. Next week will be the turn of Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor.

All face two sets of Russian demands. One is to recast Europe’s security architecture by constraining nato in the east. The other is to lock Ukraine in Russia’s orbit. Of the two, Ukraine is more urgent and perilous. The danger is that in seeking to avoid an invasion, the West lumbers Ukraine with a deal that leads to internal chaos, or even civil strife.

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