The United States, China, and Russia exist in a world where US hegemony has been replaced by multipolarity. Rejection of the post WWII international order has led to a need for adaptation--fast.
The perfect world for pragmatism is when there are sufficient super powers to balance each other. The USA's post WW2 dominance screwed the rest of us. I don't have to be a fake communist to sympathise with China's position, nor do I have to be a capitalist to know that we need the USA to forsake kleptocracy for democracy. As citizens, we're always gonna be screwed, so the best I hope for is to be screwed less.
Regards history, NATO and Nazis in Ukraine, checkout 3, 5 & 6 of 'Putin Isn't the Only Monster in Ukraine' . They're long so I suggest choosing just one. Of course, in the first, I quote Mearsheimer :)
The perfect world for pragmatism is when there are sufficient super powers to balance each other. The USA's post WW2 dominance screwed the rest of us. I don't have to be a fake communist to sympathise with China's position, nor do I have to be a capitalist to know that we need the USA to forsake kleptocracy for democracy. As citizens, we're always gonna be screwed, so the best I hope for is to be screwed less.
Regards history, NATO and Nazis in Ukraine, checkout 3, 5 & 6 of 'Putin Isn't the Only Monster in Ukraine' . They're long so I suggest choosing just one. Of course, in the first, I quote Mearsheimer :)
https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/ukraine