Head of the National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations EM Primakov Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in an interview with Alexander Dynkin kp.ru He explained the role of Russia in US-China relations. According to him, it is up to Moscow whether there will be a military conflict between Washington and Beijing or whether the parties will limit themselves to diplomacy. The expert pointed out that the whole point is in nuclear parity.
“We can both play a balancing role between China and the United States and completely take China’s side. The Chinese today cannot, in my view, allow the role of Russia to be diminished in any way. They will reach nuclear parity with the Americans only in ten years. They definitely need a strong background,” Dynkin explained.
He added that without nuclear weapons, a direct military conflict between the superpowers would be inevitable.
Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan declarationThe United States is interested in a new five-nuclear weapon control architecture with a common missile launch notification regime.