Det er ikke vanlig med utenrikspolitiske betraktninger her på bloggen, men The Economist har en grei og kortfattet sak om at Russland ligger an til å bli en kinesisk vasallstat. (Red.)
Hello from London,
Two
stories of global significance are jostling for attention. I’m gripped, first,
by the latest chapter in the geopolitical saga that is about to unfold in
Moscow. A three-day state visit by Xi Jinping to Russia, in which he will show
solidarity with his fellow autocrat Vladimir Putin, is one of those moments when
you can almost see great-power politics shifting. Our analysis explains what this visit signifies for
China and Russia—and America.
One thing is clear: in the year or so since
Mr Putin visited China in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has
grown weaker and more dependent on its bigger Asian neighbour. Not only is
Russia suffering directly (incurring immensely high casualties in Ukraine, for example),
it has become ever-more isolated diplomatically than before. As Alexander Gabuev writes in a guest essay this
weekend, Russia is on the path to becoming a vassal state, cut off from Europe
and America, and there to do China’s bidding | | |
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