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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59867996

German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, WDR, and NDR also cite the report, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on testing NATO’s Article 5 guarantees. The alliance’s mutual defence clause obliges member states to come to one another’s aid if attacked. The assessment suggests Putin may seek to challenge how seriously that commitment would be honoured.

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 4 days ago (29 children)

They burned through their Soviet stockpiles of artillery and tanks in 3 years fighting Ukraine, what makes anyone think they could fight NATO?

[–] [email protected] 135 points 4 days ago (23 children)

Depends which side the US is on

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Bingo.

And also depends on which side China is on. Their war production dwarfs even the US, and I find it difficult to believe that it will all be spent fighting the US and Taiwan.

There is a very real possibility that these three countries gang up together and divide the world among themselves.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At this point it seems much more likely that the US sides with Russia than China. The EU is their largest trading partner, they'd never risk losing that market.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why would Russia risk alienating China?

In realpolitik, China is the more desirable partner than the USA.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The problem is China is right there, and a lot of parts of Russia used to have Chinese names.

Mostly, Siberia is literally infinite resources, the kind of thing China desperately needs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

And China basically has a monopoly on Siberia with the current arrangements.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Russia has alienated China already by being an unstable and unpredictable mess of a country.

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