... with China and Japan topping the rankings. China, with estimated expenditures of $292 billion in 2022, is the second largest military spender in the world. That’s a 4.1% increase over 2021 and even 63% more than in 2013.
The main supplier of arms to China is Russia. However, the largest increases in East Asia came from US allies: South Korea (+61%) and Japan (+171%). Australia, the largest arms importer in Oceania, increased its imports by 23%.[2]
Consequently, the global economy, especially the European economy, will continue to move in a downward ...
... results can be exactly the opposite of the original expectations.
There are several serious arguments in favour of the numerous supporters of the idea of the extinction of the West. The first is the clear limit of political and normative expansion. Middle East interventions have been phased out, although the global presence remains. The “waves of democracy” have faded so far. The second is the growth of major rivals in the face of Russia and China. Both countries pose a serious military and political challenge. In addition, China is developing at a faster pace technologically, while Russia retains its technological groundwork in the field of defence and security. The third is the accumulation ...
... not even exist. In high U.S. Government circles, there are even now those who openly advocate armed intervention in the Middle East should U.S. oil requirements so demand.” (Fidel Castro, Algiers NAM Summit, September 1973).
What we see today is the working ... ... removed.
To be reminded of this is to be able to put everything into perspective. Why is the US moving on all fronts against China when just a few years ago, its strategists and policy intellectuals were patting themselves on the back for having guaranteed ...
... “good” and global “evil”, reminiscent of the decades of the Cold War. Needless to say, the United States and China appear to be the centers of gravity for this new polarization of global politics.
One might ask the question: is there anything ... ... option that can define the hierarchy and structure of the international system in the XXI century?
Some analysts – at least in Russia – have gone even further and maintain that this new global split has been historically predetermined and ...
