His conclusion had a definite Mao Zedong character to it, and I am sure was what set off my train of thought:
Russia is a paper tiger. Why we're wasting time hunting it, I cannot imagine.Mostly, however, I am writing this blogpost because that chain of thought led me to leave a comment in the comments section that could have been written by Chairman Mao himself, and of which, I have to say, cuts to the chase of what is happening in Ukraine:
Every time the Russian bear farts, the American eagle screams 'New Cold War'.Yes folks, that's what all those years at Cambridge and the LSE have been distilled into: foreign policy analysis using fart metaphors.
However, if you consider the latest editorial in Beijing's People's Daily, maybe I am not so far off the mark after all.
Reuters: China paper slams West's "Cold War mentality" over Ukraine |
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