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“ The cohesiveness of US alliances, the seismic shift in Germany’s policy, and the willingness of many countries to impose sanctions should give China pause.”
“ The Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) is an integral part of the resistance and significantly increases Ukrainians’ chances of holding back Russia’s invasion.”
“ It is mistaken to think that Europe can play the role of mediator in the US-China conflict. Neither the US nor China has any appetite for this. And European member states are too divided on where they stand in this superpower standoff.”
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March 2, 2022
“ Never in my life have I seen an about-face quite like that in German politics. This represents the moment Germany has become comfortable with being a military power in Europe and Europe has become comfortable with Germany as a military power.”
“ The Europeans are glad we are all on one page right now, but every German leader I speak to says, ‘Yeah, America’s back, but for how long?’ They’re really afraid of 2024 and a return of Trump or a Trump-like figure.”
“ The net result of all this will be a lot more NATO capability facing Russia in the years ahead. I’m not sure that’s what Putin anticipated.”
“ The fact there is a lot of military resolve, that there is an understanding of the possibility for territorial conflict, if that had been more explicit, perhaps Russia would have felt it didn’t need to test that.”
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