US not capable of confronting Russia and China at same time – political analyst

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   US not capable of confronting Russia and China at same time – political analyst

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Alfredo Toro Hardy, a Venezuelan diplomat, scholar, author of numerous books on foreign policy issues, wrote an article on whether the US is capable of confronting Russia and China at the same time. He claims that the current situation around Ukraine has influenced everybody.

Washington’s plans to strengthen its influence in the Asia-Pacific region, including the placement here in 2020 up to 60% of its armed forces, became problematic. However, according to Hardy, this did not prevent Obama during his recent trip to Asia to promise its allies direct guarantee of military support. He also adds that the tension in this part of the world is increasing rapidly, laying the foundations for further confrontation of the Beijing and Washington relations that could lead to another Cold War with China.
For the United States to maintain tense relations with Russia or China alone is not a serious problem. But it is not possible to do that at the same time, even for the US.
That’s why on the eve of the events in Ukraine, the US analysts recommended the Government of the United States to become closer to Moscow in order to throw all their forces to neutralize the expansion of China’s influence in Southeast Asia.
It seems that Hardy is not the only one to think that way. Leading expert in geopolitics, former adviser to Assistant Secretary of Defense, Robert Kaplan, in his recent book “The Revenge of Geography” makes an interesting point that the United States and Russia must unite to oppose Chinese hegemony. This will lead to the fact that China will be forced to turn their attention to the Russian-Chinese border on the adjacent seas of eastern and southeastern parts of the oceans.
However, the US seems to have taken the opposite position now. The White House promotes the appearance of Moscow-Beijing alliance, which will take under its strict control the situation in Europe and East Asia.
By doing so, Hardy says, Washington will face a double threat. On the one hand, the US must constantly think about how to protect itself from 8.5 thousands of nuclear warheads possessed by Russia. On the other hand, the White House would be in the grip of a permanent financial blackmail from the Beijing, which holds US government bonds in the total amount of $ 1.2 trillion.
US national debt is currently 17 trillion dollars. It is not a coincidence that with such huge national debt, US Defense Secretary said in the February of last year that in the upcoming years, the defense spending would be reduced by $ 1 trillion, and the number of the US Army will be brought to the lowest level, to the level of the beginning of the Second World War.
At the end of his article, Hardy claims, “I think the US is unable to fight with a double challenge. Cold War with China could lead to global economic shock.”
Olga Zamanskaya

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