Recently, Charles Kupkan, a professor at Georgetown University in the United States, published an article in the National Interest magazine. The core argument of this article is just one: the United States and its allies cannot cope with the "China-Russia alliance", so in order t

A few days ago, Charles Kupkan, a professor at Georgetown University in the United States, published an article in the American "National Interest" magazine. The core argument of this article is just one: The United States and its allies cannot cope with the "China-Russia Alliance". Therefore, in order to win the "new Cold War", they must create conflicts between China and Russia.

In this article, there are two key points worthy of attention. The first is the term "new cold war". As we all know, after Biden became the president of the United States, he changed the previous "go it alone" strategy during Trump's term and emphasized the reorganization of the alliance system. To put it bluntly, he formed cliques to deal with China around the world. Russian.

This approach is obviously a continuation of the "camp confrontation" method in Cold War . Therefore, China and Russia have always criticized the United States as engaging in a "new Cold War." However, the U.S. government has never admitted this. U.S. President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken have both expressed the idea that the United States does not want to engage in a "new Cold War."

But Charles’s article clearly exposes this lie. The United States is already thinking about how to win the “new Cold War”, but it still says that it is not pursuing a “new Cold War”. The mask of hypocrisy can be seen at a glance.

The second key point is what Charles said about "creating discord" between China and Russia. In fact, this statement has been said since President Biden first came to power, and there is nothing new about it.

The question worth discussing is why, more than a year later, American politicians have been clamoring to "create discord" between China and Russia. Not only have they failed, but they have pushed China and Russia closer to each other.

This matter actually needs to be analyzed from two dimensions. First, from the perspective of the global landscape, although the United States has declined in national power over the years, it is still the only superpower in the world, and its comprehensive strength is still very strong.

At the same time, the global governance system led by the United States is based on the United States' own hegemony. In order to maintain its global hegemony, the United States wants to spare its energy to deal with China, and it does not hesitate to withdraw its troops from the Middle East .

However, this does not mean that the United States will give up the interests of the Middle East or the European Union . It only shows that for the current United States, the Asia-Pacific and China are the top priorities to be "solved". From a strategic sense, Europe's significance to the United States is even greater than Asia's significance to the United States.

If you want to sow discord among others, you need to transfer your interests. The United States now neither wants to transfer European interests to Russia, nor does it want to transfer Asian interests to China. In order to safeguard its own interests in Europe and Asia, the United States also tried to make enemies of China and Russia at the same time. In this context, China and Russia could only stay together and jointly resist the pressure from Europe and the United States.

Secondly, in terms of specific strategies, among China and Russia, Russia is weak and China is strong. If the United States wants to sow discord, it can only tempt Russia to deal with China. Just as the United States and China "broken the ice" between China, the United States and the Soviet Union and improved relations in response to the Soviet Union.

But now, there is no conflict between China and Russia like in the past China and the Soviet Union . During the Cold War, the reason why China and the Soviet Union had "conflicts" was because the more powerful Soviet Union wanted to turn China into its vassal. But China did not have such an idea in the past and does not have it now.

Different experiences bring different self-perceptions. For China back then, it was enough as long as the enemy did not invade us and allowed us to have a stable and stable environment for development.

Russia also has a well-known "knot", that is, when the Soviet Union collapsed, it was deceived by the United States and Western countries into conducting "shock therapy".

As a country that thinks of itself as a European country, Russia has not bowed to Western countries. But facts have proven that Europe and the United States can only give Russia lies and deception over and over again.

Russia has been deceived by European and American countries enough times. Naturally, it has a deeper understanding of the United States than other countries. If the United States wants to sow discord, it is indeed difficult to find opportunities.