So we have seen how US encroach step by step almost into the Russian border .............

[syed putra]

Which country along China's border you think willing to allow US to do the same in Asia?

Was that why a martial law was almost imposed in South Korea? A country with less than a 1 hour flight away from china?

To use South Korea as a proxy for war against china like Ukraine against Russia?

 

[syed putra]

US does not tolerate rivals to its hegemony. If it sees even it's ally becoming too powerful, It will act to deter like in Japan, or totally destroy it like in EU-Russia synergy.

 

[superpower]

US does not tolerate rivals to its hegemony. If it sees even it's ally becoming too powerful, It will act to deter like in Japan, or totally destroy it like in EU-Russia synergy.

Agree. The Plaza Accord was the classic example of how to tamp an ally down when it's too strong. Yoon's failed martial law attempt was a covert CIA op to use the North Korean bogeyman to target China.

American cock-sucking Samsters think that the US is out to make the world a better place, to foster noble ideals like freedom, democracy and human rights. In truth, the US is just like any imperial power in the past: all foreign and trade policies are dictated by only one maxim: maintain US hegemony at all costs by exploiting the world's economic and financial systems, keeping your allies on a tight leash, removing disobedient leaders, and destroying any upcoming rivals. If all else fails, start a war.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Better US than the alternative
US is no angel but it’s the lesser of 2 evils

 

[superpower]

Better US than the alternative
US is no angel but it’s the lesser of 2 evils

Doubt it. The pros and cons can be debated, but you can be sure of one thing: a Chinese led world order would see less war and more peace, given the China's inclination not to interfere in other countries' affairs that don't affect its own economic interests. The trade rules would certainly be rigged in its favour, but that surely can't be worse than the the US making the world use the USD while it continues to borrow and indulge in binge spending, amassing a deficit of tens of trillions of dollars, most of it going to military bases around the world and supplying weapons to sustain wars in hot spots and to depose unfriendly 'regimes'.

 

[ftan42]

The USSR was breakup primarily driven by the Belovezha Accords and the Alma-Ata Protocol, signed in late 1991. There were some declassified documents and statements suggests that NATO would not expand eastward. Russia may executes another Cuba stunt?

 

[syed putra]

The USSR was breakup primarily driven by the Belovezha Accords and the Alma-Ata Protocol, signed in late 1991. There were some declassified documents and statements suggests that NATO would not expand eastward. Russia may executes another Cuba stunt?

There was no such agreement unfortunately.
It was merely a understanding by then President Reagan and later with George Bush senior and gorbachev which included dismantling all the intermediate range missiles under ( INF) which relieved Europe of becoming first target in any nuclear exchange (That understanding was broken by Clinton and later George Bush junior) which started the economic cooperation between Germany and Russia which benefitted both.
UK on the other hand was weary of a resurgent Germany when it reunites with its eastern counterpart. The Baltic German state of Kaliningrad was also offered to Germany but was rejected as it was overwhelmingly Russian by then.