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The point that roenxi made is that color revolutions in Russia and Kazakhstan would encircle China from the West and North in addition to the existing U.S. alli
by treaxc 4y ago
The point that roenxi made is that color revolutions in Russia and Kazakhstan would encircle China from the West and North in addition to the existing U.S. allies Japan and South Korea from the Southwest.
It isn't a moral statement, just one realistic scenario that China is afraid of.
- rhaway84773 4y agoYou’ve pretty much eliminated all agency that exists in those countries and their people. This is the only way to support Russia and China today. By using a “Great Power” theory which pretends smaller countries have no agency and their people have no value, other than how they affect the interactions of those larger countries. The U.S. is also surrounded by a bunch of countries. Somehow those countries aren’t clamoring to join the Warsaw Pact or kowtow to China.
- 8note 4y agoThere's no power close to the US that could counterbalance it. If there was an equivalent south American power, you might see Mexico and central American countries looking to escape American influence, but no such power exists
- Gibbon1 4y agoThe history of Eurasian Powers in the New World is highly negative and the US keeps those guys away.