Does U.S. under Trump also qualify? After all, Electoral Autocracy is just a democratically elected government that you don't like.
You become an "Electoral Autocracy" of the EU if you can wield your vetoing power at the most inconvenient moment.
Hmmm that's interesting, this resulted after South Korea announcing this a bit over a week ago:
I must say Yoon's government have really went in a different direction than what I was expecting.
It's even more remarkable if you remember that Yoon just snubbed Pelosi not that long ago.
very reserved and distant, he did not mention "Ukraine", must mean China and Russia hate each other.
Unless you are extremely concerned about the excellent relationship between Russia and China like some Western policy makers do, It's rather unessasory to analyze every word exchanged between Xi and Putin.
I’m genuinely surprised at the amount of licks Russia has been taking esp in the aftermath of the recent Ukraine developments; I must wonder, is it possible that Russia doesn’t want to go full war mode on Ukraine because it is already in defacto war mode against essentially American NATO in Ukrainian colours?
ie Russia is already giving its all in Ukraine against nato and the result so far is stalemate?
Russia has more of a manpower problem than a firepower problem in Ukraine. I think the current Russian constitution prohibits using mobilized (e.g. conscripted) troops in foreign countries. Russia needs to recruit more voluntary troops.
US Taiwan Policy Act: how would it change Washington’s relations with the island and what was Beijing’s reaction?
Non paywall source:
CIA now predicting by 2027 is when China will takeover Taiwan. I guess they added 2 more years from the 2025 prediction lol.
The U.S. policy makers' wet dream is that China becomes the second Russia and Taiwan becomes the second Ukraine, because that's probably the only way to check China's rise. But there is absolutely no need for China to hurry. As for the consequences of the Taiwan Policy Act, China may well choose to close the Taiwan Strait as a response to it.
While the British Parliament is demonstrating their royal pettiness for the rest of world by refusing Chinese delegation's attendance at the Queen's lying-in-state, Britain is becoming the sick man and poor man of Europe.
The moral of the story? Do the opposite of what the IMF or WB tells you.
