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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2116422/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2116422/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Investing Amid Geopolitical Tensions – Princeton CorpGov Forum <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CapitalMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoFounder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoFounder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CorpGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorpGov</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InstitutionalInvestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstitutionalInvestors</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ManagingDirector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManagingDirector</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ManagingPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManagingPartner</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mergers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mergers</span></a>&amp;Acquisitions <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NassauInn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NassauInn</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/princeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>princeton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UsaPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsaPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vinson</span></a>&amp;ElkinsLLP <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ZacharySwartz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZacharySwartz</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ &gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> laid out the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> checkers and chess pieces on the Board before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blinken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blinken</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bibi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bibi</span></a> became aware of them.</p><p>Meeting between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pezeshkian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pezeshkian</span></a> offers <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> an opportunity to burnish its self-image as a superpower “…as the bigger partner, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> as a regional partner.”</p><p>So this makes the pecking order clear in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRINK</span></a> axis:</p><p>China (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a>) &gt; Russia (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a>) &gt; Iran (drone supplier) &gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> (cannon fodder supplier)</p><p><a href="https://www.byteseu.com/658601/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/658601/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> plan to build more icebreakers to bolster defenses against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> [&amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>] in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> where Russia has been increasingly active. </p><p>Now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> suggested yet again that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> should be absorbed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> 👀 </p><p>Good thing, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> defines itself as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NearArcticState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NearArcticState</span></a> even though it's not an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> country (🧵 above): its coasts do not border with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArcticSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticSea</span></a> nor does it have claim on under-continental shelves in the Arctic.</p><p><a href="https://www.threads.net/@newrepublic/post/DDsBFuGITKo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">threads.net/@newrepublic/post/</span><span class="invisible">DDsBFuGITKo</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> is quickly catching up to Russia as an effective proliferator of disinformation, says the former chief and founder of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a>’s Office of Operational Psychology. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> are working together ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/112450609431774444" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">12450609431774444</span></a></p><p>Of course, China is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> (and has been for long). So it is not surprising that China's pace of spreading <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> is accelerating compared to that of its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Salon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Salon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@salon/news-politics-vjnjnsc9z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>news-politics-Salon</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> tries new attack on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a>, accusing a history teacher of having an "unusual" interest in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> </p><p>If a candidate for a US office, regardless of party, does NOT have an unusual interest in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRINK</span></a> axis and its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BRI</span></a>, then s/he should find a different line of work and leave people like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> to protect our interests.</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tobie1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tobie1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lawyerjsd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lawyerjsd</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; shape of international order is being contested by Russia, China and Iran</p><p>Mainly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. </p><p>China is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> because it has money in hand. Russia is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a> because it has <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> in its back pocket, but not a sure thing.</p><p>The way to fix China is to break this partnership. Nobody partners with a pauper. Get rid of Trump. Marginalize Russia.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> was in sharp focus during <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a>. Russia has now destroyed our media.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> plan to build more icebreakers to bolster defenses against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> [&amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>] in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> where Russia has been increasingly active. </p><p>The pact announced at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> summit calls for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polar</span></a> icebreaker production, allowing for workers and experts from each country to train in shipyards across all three.</p><p>Beijing has tightened its relationship with Moscow even as the West has tried to isolate Russia since invasion of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-canada-finland-icebreakers-4ceb4811c0ecd4b651173aa276a8a83c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/united-stat</span><span class="invisible">es-canada-finland-icebreakers-4ceb4811c0ecd4b651173aa276a8a83c</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> tells <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> not to create chaos in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> and rejects label of ‘enabler’ of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> war. </p><p>OK, not enabler.</p><p>How about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a>'s War in Ukraine?</p><p>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.</p><p>China has refused to condemn Russia. Its trade with Russia has grown since the invasion… offsetting impact of sanctions.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-nato-ukraine-war-689834988a7e0543504010649a63e319" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/china-nato-</span><span class="invisible">ukraine-war-689834988a7e0543504010649a63e319</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> meets <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kazakhstan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kazakhstan</span></a> after meeting earlier in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>. </p><p>They meet for Shanghai Cooperation Organization, established by China and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> to discuss security concerns in Central Asia.</p><p>Other members are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a>, Kazakhstan, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyrgyzstan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kyrgyzstan</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tajikistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tajikistan</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uzbekistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uzbekistan</span></a>. Observers include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Modi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modi</span></a> is not attending amid speculation he wants to balance relationship with Russia &amp; the West.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-china-iran-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-7d0dcd21ad34b09cc149e30567198b06" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/russia-chin</span><span class="invisible">a-iran-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-7d0dcd21ad34b09cc149e30567198b06</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ &gt;&gt; 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.</p><p>There will be a whole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> menu of new languages to choose from, as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> is not going to let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a> throw its weight around EVERYwhere</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️<br>1. In their Congressional testimonies last year, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blinken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blinken</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> had both said that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> conflicts are interconnected</p><p>2. At <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WEF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WEF</span></a> this year, Blinken obliquely connected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> to these, saying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> conflict could not be dealt with in isolation ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111771264934962097" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11771264934962097</span></a></p><p>3. Now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/G7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G7</span></a> leaders accuse <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> China of enabling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> war on Ukraine in stark warning</p><p>How long before these G7 warnings extend to the full <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRINK</span></a> Axis beyond Ukraine?</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/china/g7-accuses-china-enabling-russia-war-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/06/14/china/g7-ac</span><span class="invisible">cuses-china-enabling-russia-war-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ &gt;&gt; “<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is bracing for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> to potentially take its most provocative military actions in a decade close to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a>, possibly at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>’s urging…The timing…could be designed to create turmoil”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimingIsNoCoincidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimingIsNoCoincidence</span></a> </p><p>North Korea’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimJongUn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimJongUn</span></a> hails <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit for this 3rd meeting with Kim, who has been pushing to boost partnerships with Russia and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRINK</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://agora.echelon.pl/users/kravietz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kravietz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-russia-putin-3300d5558833de4147527c27de000a6c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/north-korea</span><span class="invisible">-kim-russia-putin-3300d5558833de4147527c27de000a6c</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>BBC agrees:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> no longer a partnership of equals.</p><p>[<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a>] 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.</p><p>He said that his family were learning Mandarin – this was particularly noteworthy because he very rarely talks about his children in public.</p><p>He declared that he and [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a>] were “as close as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brothers</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lekp48n78o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c2lekp48</span><span class="invisible">n78o</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ </p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> would "create a certain '<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanitaryZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanitaryZone</span></a>' in the territories [currently] under the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> regime [sic]" to defend territory Russia has ALREADY occupied</p><p>&gt;&gt; So <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> will need longer-range weapons, and then Putin will blame the West for supplying them.</p><p>No doubt blessed by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a>, at their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinXiMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinXiMeeting</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/juniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>juniorPartner</span></a> reiterated his plan to create “a buffer zone in Ukraine’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kharkiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kharkiv</span></a>” that he first enunciated 2 months ago.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-news-5-17-2024-ce31e2e73cbb8dd59aa73baa6cd87d68" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/russia-ukra</span><span class="invisible">ine-war-news-5-17-2024-ce31e2e73cbb8dd59aa73baa6cd87d68</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> to visit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeniorPartner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeniorPartner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a>, who has backed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FullScaleInvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FullScaleInvasion</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.</p><p>Compare with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, which has barred <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s FULL-SCALE invasion of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rafah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rafah</span></a>.</p><p>Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine, just like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> says it’s prepared to negotiate with Israel.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> 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 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RevanchistDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevanchistDreams</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-putin-beijing-xi-3212ef85d8318cf853f956173f3a682a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/china-russi</span><span class="invisible">a-putin-beijing-xi-3212ef85d8318cf853f956173f3a682a</span></a></p>
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