After the NATO summit, the Western camp led by the United States has unprecedented unity. This is due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but the West is not the only one who has benefited. Countries or regions that have close relations with Russia are also gradually moving closer to Russia, such as Belarus and Donbas region. In general, Russia's military action against Ukraine is like launching a team competition in a divided world where everyone is focused on their own affairs. Only those who stick together have a chance to survive. For the United States and Russia, cohesion is their most powerful weapon.
The Western camp led by the United States has unprecedented unity
htmlAt the end of June, the Western camp headed by the United States held several meetings in a row, and the topics discussed were nothing more than the Russia-Ukraine conflict and emerging powers in Asia. Western politicians may be indifferent when it comes to people's livelihood, but when it comes to talking about these things, they become more and more interested. British Prime Minister Johnson took the lead, saying that the UK firmly opposed the unilateral use of force to change international laws. In order to reflect the correctness of values, Russia must be defeated in Ukraine . The UK decided to provide another 1 billion pounds in aid to Ukraine. It seems that Johnson did not think carefully when he said this, and he obviously forgot that the UK is an expert in "unilateral use of force to change international laws." When it comes to colonial expansion and war and aggression, the UK is not qualified to criticize others.
In the United States, Biden used the package plan to tightly unite Europe. First, with a wave of his hand, he directly announced that it would provide $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine to show that the United States has always been a leader in "anti-Russian" Everyone must follow the example of Western countries. Then it announced that it would send more troops to Europe, such as setting up a permanent command post in Poland, strengthening deployment in the Baltic countries, "helping" Germany and Italy establish an air defense system, and sending more than 50 F-35 pilots to the United Kingdom to assist in defense... to express the United States' We are committed to assisting allies and fighting Russia, and our determination to protect the security of NATO is unwavering.
After the United States and the United Kingdom expressed their stance, other participating countries expressed their stance one after another. In a word, the Western camp led by the United States talked more and more happily at the meeting about how to "resist Russia" and how to strengthen military construction. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that interests are the real topic of their chat. After all, in the past few years, the Western camp headed by the United States was not so cohesive.
During the Trump period, the relationship between the United States and Europe reached a freezing point
During the Trump administration, the concept of "America First" was taken to the extreme, not only suppressing emerging powers in Asia, but also including European allies. Seeing that Germany did not increase defense spending as required, Trump withdrew the U.S. troops stationed in Germany regardless. Not only that, Trump also holds opposite views to Europe in terms of the Iran nuclear deal, response to the climate crisis, and trade cooperation. He criticizes allies at every turn and "withdraws from the group" is even more common. The most terrible thing is that when European allies decide to "exchange views" with Trump calmly, Trump always ignores it. It can best be described as a chicken-and-duck talk.
"Trump is the culprit of the conflict between the United States and Europe. He is happy to see Europe divided." French "Le Monde" once accused Trump. This shows that the United States and Europe do not always have the same interests, nor are they always united. But the good thing is that the emergence of Biden gives the United States and Europe the opportunity to work together for their own interests again: the United States needs to repair its relations with Europe and establish dominance; and in the face of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Europe needs to rely on the power of the United States to build its military strength. . The United States and Europe each take what they need and coincide with each other.
Russia and Belarus are getting closer
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine unites the Western camp led by the United States, but it also makes some countries and regions move closer to Russia. After all, not every country and region likes the Western approach. Recently, Russian President Putin said that the actions of the West are pushing Russia and Belarus together and accelerating the integration process of the two countries. Putin's words mean that he knows that in the face of Western pressure, unity is the best way to minimize the damage. The opportunity to pull other countries and regions away from dependence on the West is rare.
Putin also revealed that nearly half of the national alliance integration plan released by Russia and Belarus in November last year has been completed. At present, Russia is preparing to increase investment in Belarus and build some important production facilities. Belarusian President Lukashenko also bluntly said that the departure of companies controlled by Western capital is a good thing. It not only creates many market vacancies, but also provides development impetus for Russia and Belarus.
In addition to infrastructure, Russia and Belarus are also making new trends in the military. In the face of strong pressure from the West, Putin plans to give them some color and directly move out the "Iskander-M" tactical missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and prepare to deploy them in Belarus. NATO needs to think carefully before further provocation.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused a wave of "unity fever". The relationship between the United States and Europe, which had previously been at a freezing point, suddenly improved. Countries that were still hesitant about whether to move closer to Russia strengthened their hearts. Behind a confrontation is division and reunification.
