The world between Russia, China and the US
Russia is clamped between "full" or "imperfect" democracies in Europe, with which it has a common border of 2665 miles; as well as the United States and Japan with which it has common water borders. Waiting for the final adoption of Finland to NATO, Russia will have 1458 miles of border with land with NATO countries, all of which are related to the statute of organization of mutual defense obligations.
Ukraine and Georgia are in the stage of dialogue with NATO; And if they join, the border of Russia will increase more than twice compared to the present. Video of Petrodidorodrodlovaty of Russia, Russia has not yet encountered an economic catastrophe that is expected to strengthen international sanctions, mainly because of its preserved foreign exchange reserves created by oil and income from exports of oils.
Russia is the third largest manufacturer and the largest oil exporter to the world market, and earlier this year has increased sharply. Russian oil nourished Russian tanks and armored vehicles and supported the Putin regime. Immediately after the crossing of the Russian border tanks and the shelling of its territory, Canada announced a ban on importing Russian oil; The United States followed this example in a few days, as did the UK.
Historically strong EU dependence on Russian fuel sources has slowed down the decision to introduce its own oil sanctions by early June, when a step -by -step embargo on the export of Russian and Belarusian fuel was announced. There was a lot of disputes over the feasibility and effectiveness of such sanctions. Some claim that they will do more harm to Europe than Russia has successfully expanded its oil markets, especially in India and China.
It is true that Europe is severely affected - a much larger amount than one or two additional gallon at the gas station complained by the Americans - and the lack of fuel and inflation, which is increasing, will probably cause social and political instability. But in the long run, the current circumstances will expand the use of pure forms of renewable and atomic energy.
Many are squeezed about any mention of nuclear energy-I also do not like it-but the dependence on oil and coal has already caused, at first glance, irreparable damage to our planet and will destroy it if this dependence is preserved. Germany, the most dependent from the import of oil, the country of Western Europe planned to close three remaining nuclear power plants by the end of 2022, but Chancellor Olaf Scholt recently acknowledged that it was no longer possible.
It is likely that we are witnessing the beginning of global return to nuclear energy. It is important for the Chinese block to look at China and its history as the Chinese do, with a long run - for decades and centuries, not four years or quarters ahead, as we used to look for some time in the United States.
China's desire to become the greatest economy of the world and increase its national wealth should be understood how the desire to restore China's economic grandeur as the largest economy in the world and the richest country (per capita), as it was for most of the 1200-1700s.
In China, long memory is remembered there about economic aggression and humiliation that the PRC was transferred from the hands of foreign states: British (Opium wars, 1839–1860), Japan (the first and second Chinese-Japanese wars, 1884–1895 and 1937–1937, 1945) and trade obligations of the Alliance of Eight Nations, known as a boxing protocol (1901).
The restoration of the Civil War in China after the Second World War ended with the victory of the Communist forces in 1949 over the Republic of China, which was forced to retreat to Taiwan Island. Ten years later, China had a $ 59. 92 billion GDP (sixth in the world), but ranked last (99 out of 99) per capita. Since 1994, but in particular at a rapid rate since 2006, China's GDP has begun to grow in geometric progression to the current level of $ 17. 7 trillion.
With GDP per capita, which is the best indicator of the well-being of the population, and which was $ 12,600, China ranked 77th among 194 countries. Unlike Russia, China borders land with countries that are mostly friends and allies (such as Russia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea). The exceptions are India (with which it has border disputes), Butane and Vietnam. Outside its direct perimeter, China finds many opponents in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
And we will not forget that their main rival, the United States, has numerous military bases in Asia and Oceania: in American Samoa, Australia, Guam, Japan, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and South Korea. No matter how powerful China be, he boasts only one military base in a foreign territory in Dzibut, Africa. The United States, on the contrary, has more than 750 bases in more than 80 countries. The continuation will be published in the section.