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Europe still does not see China as a national security problem, at most an economic problem, and, to a large extent, an economic opportunity. In the US we now look at China as a military and economic problem set

Contrary to popular belief, the outbreak of the pandemic was predictable. East Asia was prepared better because it did not neglect the warnings of scientists. In the West, this was prevented by the gap between the world of power and the world of knowledge

A pandemic is not a war, but it can have effects deeper than many armed conflicts. It means a return to the primal politics. It undermines the “coddling civilisation” and the idea that people are now always safe from a sudden death

The alliance is weakening in the eyes, blown apart by conflicts of interest and questioned in its present form by both the “feudal lord” (USA) and “the key vassal” (Turkey)