https://www.europesays.com/2116422/ Investing Amid Geopolitical Tensions – Princeton CorpGov Forum #america #CapitalMarkets #CoFounder #CorpGov #geopolitics #InstitutionalInvestors #ManagingDirector #ManagingPartner #Mergers&Acquisitions #NassauInn #NewJersey #Politics #princeton #SeniorPartner #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics #Vinson&ElkinsLLP #ZacharySwartz
>> #China laid out the #Chinese checkers and chess pieces on the Board before #Biden, #Blinken, and #Bibi became aware of them.
Meeting between #Putin and #Pezeshkian offers #Russia an opportunity to burnish its self-image as a superpower “…as the bigger partner, and #Iran as a regional partner.”
So this makes the pecking order clear in the #CRINK axis:
China (#SeniorPartner) > Russia (#JuniorPartner) > Iran (drone supplier) > #NorthKorea (cannon fodder supplier)
#US, #Canada and #Finland plan to build more icebreakers to bolster defenses against #Russia [& #SeniorPartner #China] in the #Arctic where Russia has been increasingly active.
Now #Trump suggested yet again that #Canada should be absorbed by #US 
Good thing, #China defines itself as a #NearArcticState even though it's not an #Arctic country (
above): its coasts do not border with the #ArcticSea nor does it have claim on under-continental shelves in the Arctic.
>> #China is quickly catching up to Russia as an effective proliferator of disinformation, says the former chief and founder of the #NSA’s Office of Operational Psychology.
#Russia and #China are working together 
https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/112450609431774444
Of course, China is the #SeniorPartner (and has been for long). So it is not surprising that China's pace of spreading #disinformation is accelerating compared to that of its #JuniorPartner
>> #GOP tries new attack on #Walz, accusing a history teacher of having an "unusual" interest in #China
If a candidate for a US office, regardless of party, does NOT have an unusual interest in the #SeniorPartner of the #CRINK axis and its #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI, then s/he should find a different line of work and leave people like #Walz and #Harris to protect our interests.
>> shape of international order is being contested by Russia, China and Iran
China is the #SeniorPartner because it has money in hand. Russia is the #JuniorPartner because it has #Trump in its back pocket, but not a sure thing.
The way to fix China is to break this partnership. Nobody partners with a pauper. Get rid of Trump. Marginalize Russia.
#ForeignPolicy was in sharp focus during #ColdWar. Russia has now destroyed our media.
#US, #Canada and #Finland plan to build more icebreakers to bolster defenses against #Russia [& #SeniorPartner #China] in the #Arctic where Russia has been increasingly active.
The pact announced at the #NATO summit calls for #polar icebreaker production, allowing for workers and experts from each country to train in shipyards across all three.
Beijing has tightened its relationship with Moscow even as the West has tried to isolate Russia since invasion of #Ukraine.
https://apnews.com/article/united-states-canada-finland-icebreakers-4ceb4811c0ecd4b651173aa276a8a83c
#China tells #NATO not to create chaos in #Asia and rejects label of ‘enabler’ of #Russia’s #Ukraine war.
OK, not enabler.
How about #SeniorPartner in #JuniorPartner's War in Ukraine?
NATO said China has become a enabler of the war through its “no-limits PARTNERSHIPS” with Russia and its large-scale support for Russia’s defense industrial base.
China has refused to condemn Russia. Its trade with Russia has grown since the invasion… offsetting impact of sanctions.
https://apnews.com/article/china-nato-ukraine-war-689834988a7e0543504010649a63e319
#JuniorPartner #Putin meets #SeniorPartner #Xi in #Kazakhstan after meeting earlier in #China.
They meet for Shanghai Cooperation Organization, established by China and #Russia to discuss security concerns in Central Asia.
Other members are #Iran, #India, #Pakistan, Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan, #Tajikistan, & #Uzbekistan. Observers include #Turkey, #SaudiArabia and #Egypt.
#Modi is not attending amid speculation he wants to balance relationship with Russia & the West.
>> At my last community get together, someone said they hoped cheeto would win and I countered I was too lazy to learn Russian. I do not go anymore, but several people here have approached me and said they don't want to learn Russian either.
There will be a whole #Chinese menu of new languages to choose from, as #SeniorPartner is not going to let #JuniorPartner throw its weight around EVERYwhere
1. In their Congressional testimonies last year, #Blinken and #Austin had both said that #Ukraine and #Gaza conflicts are interconnected
2. At #WEF this year, Blinken obliquely connected #China to these, saying #Taiwan conflict could not be dealt with in isolation https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111771264934962097
3. Now #G7 leaders accuse #SeniorPartner China of enabling #Russia war on Ukraine in stark warning
How long before these G7 warnings extend to the full #CRINK Axis beyond Ukraine?
>> “#US is bracing for #NorthKorea to potentially take its most provocative military actions in a decade close to #Election2024, possibly at #Putin’s urging…The timing…could be designed to create turmoil”
North Korea’s #KimJongUn hails #Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit for this 3rd meeting with Kim, who has been pushing to boost partnerships with Russia and #SeniorPartner #China.
https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-russia-putin-3300d5558833de4147527c27de000a6c
BBC agrees:
#Russia-#China no longer a partnership of equals.
[#JuniorPartner] came to China cap in hand, eager for Beijing to continue trading with a heavily sanctioned and isolated Russia. His statements were filled with honeyed tones and flattering phrases.
He said that his family were learning Mandarin – this was particularly noteworthy because he very rarely talks about his children in public.
He declared that he and [#SeniorPartner] were “as close as #brothers"
>> #Russia would "create a certain '#sanitaryZone' in the territories [currently] under the #Kyiv regime [sic]" to defend territory Russia has ALREADY occupied
>> So #Ukraine will need longer-range weapons, and then Putin will blame the West for supplying them.
No doubt blessed by the #SeniorPartner, at their #PutinXiMeeting, the #juniorPartner reiterated his plan to create “a buffer zone in Ukraine’s #Kharkiv” that he first enunciated 2 months ago.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-news-5-17-2024-ce31e2e73cbb8dd59aa73baa6cd87d68
#JuniorPartner #Putin to visit #SeniorPartner #Xi, who has backed #Russia’s #FullScaleInvasion of #Ukraine.
Compare with #US, which has barred #Israel’s FULL-SCALE invasion of #Rafah.
Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine, just like #Hamas says it’s prepared to negotiate with Israel.
#China claims to be neutral but backs Russian position that it was provoked into attacking Ukraine by the West, despite Putin’s public avowals of his #RevanchistDreams
https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-putin-beijing-xi-3212ef85d8318cf853f956173f3a682a
