Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China this week has left Nato reviewing its next move, as evidence mounts that Western sanctions against Moscow have failed.
Attempts by the Western powers to break the close-knit ties between Moscow and Beijing were once again at play as recently as a fortnight ago when President Xi Jinping visited Europe.
The “no-limits” ties between Russia and China – the world’s leading nuclear powers – are the last remaining stumbling blocks to the US-led total domination of the international world order.
Russia and China are often brazen in their dismissal of Nato and Western threats to isolate their nations. The growing self-expression of the entire Global North and the no-more-fear stance of the non-alignment states have weakened the Western programme
