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Xi Jinping's "no limits" partnership with Vladimir Putin isn't working out very well, writes Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall. And Xi has only himself to blame. Russia's war against Ukraine hasn't gone as planned, making Xi's embrace of Putin look like a bad bet. |
"The invasion put the Chinese leader on the spot because it brazenly violated two principles Beijing supposedly holds sacred — territorial integrity and non-interference in the affairs of sovereign states." Xi didn't condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, Marshall writes, "Xi parroted the Kremlin line that NATO expansion poses a mortal threat to Russia's security." "No doubt Xi had hoped to present the new Beijing-Moscow axis as a formidable rival to the United States and its democratic allies for global power and influence. But Russia's surprising military stumbles in Ukraine have marked down its value as a potent ally." Granted, China does derive some benefits from its alliance with Russia, principally through discounted Russian oil and gas. But these benefits pale in comparison to the drawbacks, including China's deteriorating relations with the West. "It's an inauspicious start to Xi's vision of replacing the liberal world order with a multipolar system more congenial to China." "Perhaps the best news here is that Putin's failure in Ukraine dramatically raises the risks to Xi of 'pulling a Putin' by attacking Taiwan. Like Ukrainians, the Taiwanese won't give up their freedom without a fight, and with robust support from the liberal democracies, they just might win too." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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By Liz Peek , former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company |
COVID deaths are down, thanks to a vaccine created at the urging of President Trump and the natural course of the virus. Americans might reward Joe Biden for the decline in the disease but not for the president's lies about the efficacy of the vaccines and his White House censoring non-official information about the pandemic. |
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By Travis Nix, graduate of Georgetown Law School |
A history and tradition test would allow the Supreme Court to strike down a future wealth tax that has never been law before, and preserve the longstanding constitutional requirement that income be "clearly realized" for taxes on it to be constitutional. |
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By David Super, professor of law at Georgetown Law |
The Ukrainians have never sought to emulate Russia's boastful definition of success. To the contrary, they have been more than happy leveraging Russia's obsession with headlines to inflict heavy losses and hasten their own victory. |
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By Myra Adams, former Republican campaign consultant |
Pence will not likely qualify for the second debate, given its more stringent polling and donor criteria. And once he is out, Pence can stop holding his tongue and speak freely across all media platforms, balancing Trump's lies as a media equal. |
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