While one can go to war alone, returning in the same manner is impossible unless a knockout blow is achieved.
'[T]he umpteenth summit between Putin and Xi is rousing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from its long slumber.'
[A] year after Alaska, there is no sign of peace.
Every world leader knows what’s going on: America is losing its grip on global power.
Trump’s willingness to defend an ally may depend upon whether he currently gets along with its political leadership.
During the Cold War, the United States occupied the apex of this triangular dynamic, pitting China and the USSR against each other. Today, it is Beijing that occupies that apex.
Once again, it was Donald Trump who came to Vladimir Putin's aid in his hour of need.
Vladimir Putin will be taking careful note of this.