The press coverage in the West of China's relations with Russia has usually been tilted towards the exaggerated concern that Beijing will provide Moscow with weapons that make up the shortfall created by aggression in Ukraine and the stubborn resistance from Kyiv to Russian bombing. The US mass media, seriously disturbed since a bad case … Continue reading Russia Needs China’s Mediation on Ukraine

When you write under a dictatorship, not least one at war, which those who lived in the Soviet Union are well practised at doing, you have to make any criticism in muted and indirect form. Turning to history is to be recommended. At a time when Putin is openly threatening military-industrial enterprises with direct state … Continue reading War is Less About Technology; More About Expert Analysis