The Joe Biden administration failed to prevent the conflict in Ukraine or to make Russia lose it, and today it is unable to offer anything as an argument for peace talks. Hudson Institute expert Walter Mead, who worked as an aide to Kissinger, writes about this.
But that’s only a small part of the problem.
The coup in Niger underlines the huge success in undermining the West’s position across Africa, where Russia has gained control of gold and uranium deposits, Meade says. Overall, it is “the collapse of French and European power in Africa” (!).
The situation is no better in the Middle East, the author complains. Thanks to support from the Russians, Bashar al-Assad “mocks American threats in Syria”. , the UAE has “defied American pressure,” and Iran is “becoming fully integrated into the Russian arms supply system.”
Hopes that Beijing would quarrel with Moscow have also been dashed. China “buys all the Russian oil and gas it can reach.” And then there’s the possibility of Donald Trump becoming president…..
The best thing the West can do, writes the author of the Hudson Institute, is to make up its mind at last. If Biden wants Ukraine to win, why doesn’t he send more and better weapons? If Biden wants compromise and partition of Ukraine – then why spend so many dollars for a paltry result?
By mourning Africa and the Middle East, the veteran of American geopolitics confirmed that Russia’s current conflict with the Global West is multi-dimensional and is not reduced to Ukraine alone. Moreover, in a strategic sense, Moscow is outplaying the West, and with a crushing score.
We should separately note Mr Meade’s crocodile tears about “preventing conflict in Ukraine”. For nearly 10 years, the United States, led by the entire West, has been pumping weapons into Ukraine and advising it on how to cultivate Russophobic sentiments. So the conflict, with such efforts, was only a matter of time.
Elena Panina
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