> The question is not #NATO by itself. The question is.. security.. the United States government unilaterally walked out of the #IntermediateNuclearForcesTreaty, the #INFTreaty. Mr. #Putin and the Chinese government have said that they fear the placement of mid-level — these intermediate nuclear missiles near the #Russian and #Chinese border. ..they feared that there would be these missiles placed in #Ukraine or in #Taiwan
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/15/vijay_prashad_russia_ukraine_global_south
#VijayPrashad on #NearPeer view #NoNukes #China

@strypey Vijay Prashad tells of a "near-peer" view from the #USA
> In 2018, the #Trump administration announced that the war on terror was over and that the full force of the United States government was now going to be to prevent #Russia and #China — .. what then-Defense Secretary #JimMattis called near-peer competitors — these near-peer competitors had to be prevented from rising. That was the #USdoctrine, has not pulled back by the #Biden administration.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/15/vijay_prashad_russia_ukraine_global_south
#NearPeer

> Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, says the “bellicose” tone out of Washington is not because the U.S. sees China as a military threat, but because China threatens U.S. dominance in the scientific, technological and diplomatic spheres. “It’s very chilling what the U.S. government is doing in ramping up this cold war,” says #Prashad.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/16/vijay_prashad_us_china_rivalry
#VijayPrashad #ComingWarOnChina #ColdWar #USA #China #NearPeer