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[Scott Joy]

[Ani Prakash]

With regards to ABC News’s coverage on the Putin’s recent meeting with President Xi of China last Friday, the entente established by these two powerful leaders sends a clear message to the United States and our allies that Russia’s deepened alliance with the Chinese is not only deemed challenging to the frameworks of the Western security order but can generate a tectonic shift towards the systems embodied within our present world order. Historically, both Russia and China were allies during the Cold War so it is quite conceivable that Putin would have pursued this emphatic decision on fostering an enduring diplomatic relationship with the Chinese. However, we must all keep in mind that despite the historical factors that enabled these two leaders to facilitate this partnership, both China and Russia are two emerging superpowers with repressive and authoritarian regimes whose strategic ambitions are not only an existential threat towards Western security but once reverberated, can easily destabilize the frameworks established within our modern-day international system.

[Ani Prakash]

To add on to the Associated Press article on Macron’s shuttle diplomacy to Moscow and Kyiv, it is remarkable that President Macron is pursuing any incentive necessary to elevate France’s status as the leading intermediary behind de-escalating what appears to be the worst security crisis since the Second World War. I applaud President Macron’s efforts on facilitating high-level talks with Putin and Zelenskyy as this example of diplomatic statecraft from the French sends clear signals to the world that these negotiations with Russia will not reach an impasse unless the Kremlin is serious in enacting a resolution needed to avert this crisis from becoming a costly total war. As President Macron is now in Berlin to facilitate yet another round of high-level talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda, I convey my wishes to the French President hoping that the three European leaders can work their way towards crafting a trilateral agreement necessary to restore peace and stabilize the regional security order of the Eastern flank.

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