Dear CCI Followers,
The following article should come as no surprise. The whole world has watched as our U.S. leaders have time and time again, boxed in Russia and kept China in a manufacturing mode only. Those days are over, never to return. We in the U.S. are definitely in decline and both Russia and China are on rapid incline. They didn’t intend to be partners, but it works to the advantage of both who are now cooperating on all levels.
Given the thwarted intentions of current Washington elites, this produces a very dangerous world in which to negotiate our future. Russia and China both push for a multipolar world while U.S. leaders insist on a unipolar world run by NATO.
We citizens in the United States must make our collective voices of sanity heard. We don’t want a unipolar world under NATO, we want a fair and multipolar world where all nations sit down together to settle the challenges that we all face. There is so much good we could do if we all cooperate and none insist on the lion’s share of the wealth and privilege!
What major action can we take to get the attention of our leaders and the world? We are ready, COVID or no COVID. This issue facing us is far more lethal than any virus or contagion!
What are your thoughts?
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
Is the Russia-China strategic partnership turning into a military one?
Washington shouldn’t be surprised, after years of building andleading security bulwarks against both countries.
November 4, 2021
By Ted Snider
In October, Russia and China conducted a week-long joint naval patrol — their first such exercise in the Western Pacific.
Five Russian and five Chinese warships sailed through the international waters of the Tsugaru Strait, which separates the main island of Japan from its northern island of Hokkaido, to “maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region,” and to “demonstrate the state flags of Russia and China,” according to the Russian defense ministry. The Chinese defense ministry added that the joint exercise was also meant to “further develop the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, enhance the joint action capabilities of both parties and jointly maintain international and regional strategic stability.”
But what is this “new era” comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and China?
The second cold war