Beijing should understand that the most profitable scenario for it is the one in which the war did not start.
What lessons from Russia's war against Ukraine should China learn? Now this issue is discussed at every foreign policy meeting.
According to Washington Post associate editor and writer David Ignatius, there are five main conclusions that China should draw from watching the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
First, in the event of an invasion, it is better for the aggressor to have much larger forces. Second, a motivated opponent will put up stronger resistance than one might expect. Third, the US and its allies will provide a lot of weapons, but most likely will not intervene directly in the conflict. Fourth, China should pay attention to its vulnerability to Western sanctions.
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“The last conclusion, and if I were Xi Jinping, I would consider it the main one, says: there is no need to invade. It is better to use hybrid methods of warfare to weaken, confuse and demoralize the enemy. It's better to win a war without actually having to fight it,” said Ignatius.
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Answering readers' questions about the war in Ukraine, he also agreed with US President Joe Biden's statement that it will end at the negotiating table. But “will have to suffer” before that happens. He also pointed to a serious challenge that awaits the army of Ukraine during the counteroffensive in the south.
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