Tag: foreign affairs

When Russian Engineers Tested China’s Su-27 Copy — They Refused to Fly It Back to Moscow

Posted on by Lone Candle

When Russia licensed China to manufacture their own Su-27s, China broke the contract by reverse engineering the aircraft, making improvements, and then building them completely on their own, stealing Russian technologies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7QIlN87TY

Just in: Zhang Youxia’s open Letter and the Fracture Inside China’s Military

Posted on by Lone Candle

Respected general arrested by Chinese President Xi may have written a letter describing the problems with Xi’s rule and warning of where Xi is taking the country. He may have not actually written this letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95AyrNmoEYg

The Truth About American Hegemony | The Ezra Klein Show

Posted on by Lone Candle

The centrality of the United States in the world financial system allows it to use that power to cut countries and people off from basic financial services. The United States has long used this power to cut off rogue states, but Trump is abusing this power and the power of the US domestic market, which could lead to a rebellion and weaken America’s power to use these tools when it more needs it.

Trump ran on China being a major threat, but his aggressive actions toward non-China countries, has strengthened China’s relationships with these countries and made China stronger compared to the US.

Trump throws around power to try to get short term gains, not realizing that long term no one trusts him or the US and this ultimately weakens US power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5Jzn8YAQY

US wins against Russian and Chinese air defenses in other countries may risk teaching the wrong lessons

Posted on by Lone Candle

“While the US can draw a certain degree of confidence in its capabilities from the success of the mission, there’s a risk of reading too much into that success, especially when it comes to weapons made by American rivals in the hands of other militaries.

Some of the failures of the Venezuelan-operated foreign air defenses, for example, have been attributed to issues like inactivity, incompetence, and a dearth of functional cohesion between different systems.

Wins in Venezuela during Operation Absolute Resolve or in operations against Iranian-operated Russian-made air defenses may not translate the same in fight with Russia or China.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-wins-against-russian-chinese-121301439.html

An American Ally in the Middle East Just Collapsed. Here’s What that Means

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The Kurds have been defeated in Syria by the Syrian government and the Americans abandoned them despite the Kurds being a strong ally against ISIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kThKtFhuvZk

‘The damage has been done’: As Trump claims victory on Greenland, Europe loses trust

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“In an interview with Fox Business, he said, “We’re getting everything we wanted — total security, total access to everything.”
Yet all of that was available to Trump from the start, without the drama that sent the NATO alliance barreling toward an internal crisis, a Danish official told NBC News on Thursday.

The only nonnegotiable point for Denmark was that Greenland shouldn’t be absorbed by the U.S., the person added.

“We can discuss increased military presence and more troops. You name it, basically, you can have it” under existing treaties, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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his Greenland gambit clawed away some of the trust that underpins a successful alliance, said diplomats, government officials and foreign policy experts.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/damage-done-trump-claims-victory-012236295.html