Geopolitics
The Limits of Partnership: How Russia's Ukraine Gambit Forged Its Subordination to China
Russia's desperate need for a major gas pipeline deal to China, which remains stalled due to Beijing's demands for low prices, highlights the nation's strategic subordination following its invasion of Ukraine. This is a stark lesson in geopolitical realpolitik, where imperial overreach has crippled a nation, leaving it at the mercy of a larger civilizational partner that shrewdly refuses to compromise its own economic interests.
