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It’s far more likely that China will take the East back while new Russia is in turmoil. Japan may decide it’s time to retrieve the Kuriles and Sakhalin, too. And Siberia is ripe for independence, too. A broken up Russia would be better for the world imho.
Obligatory: Fuck Russia. With a cactus. No lube…
I don’t think our positions are mutually exclusive. I am thinking Russia in the west getting the Marshall Plan reform treatment would be done, and what you described also happening. That would make it easier for the EU to handle the Russian territory closer to home.
Plus, China tearing off a haunch of Russia might be good for peace in the long run. It would allow Xi Ping to have a victorious legacy, without having to attack Taiwan. The Chinese tiger might sleep while digesting the territory it reclaimed from Russia.
I’m good with anything that neuters Russia. They are a curse on the world, as they are now.
In your scenario, China gains back it’s old possessions whilst learning that invading ones neighbours only results in bad things, so that’s an extra bonus for the world imo.
It’s far more likely that China will take the East back while new Russia is in turmoil. Japan may decide it’s time to retrieve the Kuriles and Sakhalin, too. And Siberia is ripe for independence, too. A broken up Russia would be better for the world imho. Obligatory: Fuck Russia. With a cactus. No lube…
I don’t think our positions are mutually exclusive. I am thinking Russia in the west getting the Marshall Plan reform treatment would be done, and what you described also happening. That would make it easier for the EU to handle the Russian territory closer to home.
Plus, China tearing off a haunch of Russia might be good for peace in the long run. It would allow Xi Ping to have a victorious legacy, without having to attack Taiwan. The Chinese tiger might sleep while digesting the territory it reclaimed from Russia.
I’m good with anything that neuters Russia. They are a curse on the world, as they are now. In your scenario, China gains back it’s old possessions whilst learning that invading ones neighbours only results in bad things, so that’s an extra bonus for the world imo.