Epstein Secrets

ations "appear to have decided that, to better advance their own interests, they need to knock Washington down a peg or two." Especially on the UN Security Council, the two authoritarian powers will continue taking positions that reflect their interest in curtailing American influence and thwarting what they e

k of war passed despite Beijing's provocative rhetoric, but Chinese bitterness did not—as Henry Kissinger would learn during his first meeting with Deng Xiaoping in 1974, when the topic of a U.S.-Soviet arms summit in Vladivostok prompted the future Chinese leader to lecture him on Russian rapacity. Conside

embrace its capacious borders—and if Beijing's hawks grow louder in an era of slowing growth, some may recall the Russian indignities that Mao and Deng never forgot. Needless to say, none of this promises an immediate end to Russo-Chinese collusion, nor does it obviate the need for Washington to p

tory is reflected in the West's schizophrenic response to it. The Nixon administration eagerly sought better relations with China under Mao, and when Deng Xiaoping doubled down by opening up the country, the West applauded the change. The United States generously accepted Chinese products into its markets, allow

t better relations with China under Mao, and when Deng Xiaoping doubled down by opening up the country,

wn strong enough or independent enough to make real trouble for their creators. UN secretary-generals have been creatures of the permanent members of the Security Council, the leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been drawn exclusively from the United States and Europe, and dominance in th

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