Letters

CHOOSING ENEMIES WISELY Brendan Simms [BOOKS, OCTOBER] states categorically that Putin must lose in Ukraine, otherwise the West will be threatened, and that Putin’s Russia is the primary threat to the West, not China. This is patently wrong. After 32 months fighting, Russia has still not overwhelmed Ukraine and has even been obliged to call up more men just to maintain the struggle to control eastern Ukraine. Russia is manifestly not capable of replacing US dominance and "Pax Americana". The West failed to read the warning signs from Russia at the Munich security conference in 2007; Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022 after calling repeatedly for Ukrainian non-alignment. China, however, is looking to displace American hegemony. Unilateral appropriation of Hong Kong will undoubtedly be followed by absorbing…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December/January 2025

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