The US Capitol Building in Washington DC. File photoMOSCOW, Jul 4The United States must seek to create discord between Russia and China if it wants to win a new Cold War, writes Charles Kupchan in an op-ed for The National Interest. Post-Cold War World in fact, there was no open superpower rivalry due to the overwhelming advantage of the United States. However, according to the author, the Russian special operation in Ukraine hastened the arrival of an «uncontrollable» multipolar world, in which the West will face the Russian-Chinese alliance, and will also have to reckon with the strengthened East.
"The United States and its allies will have to adjust its long-term strategy",» he wrote.
Kupchan explained that the United States has focused on globalization and the spread of liberalism, but now the situation has changed, and Washington is not so active in promoting democracy abroad. Strategic and economic interests are pushing the West to partner with undemocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia or Qatar, while many democracies like India and Brazil remain on the sidelines of the US and Russia confrontation with China.
«Masks reset». NATO named goal number oneThe author stated the need to look for new forms of cooperation and solutions to global problems, bringing states to the negotiating table regardless of the regime, and moderating «idealistic ambitions.» «The West should, if possible, weaken the emerging Sino-Russian bloc, looking for new ways to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing,” he wrote. Kupchan concluded by urging the US and allies to prepare for an era of superpower rivalry and move towards strategic pragmatism. China sees sign of approaching collapse of NATO