On this, the first, episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we discuss how…
As Russia wages war in Ukraine – countries like the U.S. have poured billions in support, while China and others have stayed silent. Meanwhile China insists Taiwan is not a separate sovereign nation, and the island country fights increasing isolation. Many Americans are growing concerned about the nature of the partnership between China and Russia. Raising the questions: is there a strategy? How far is the reach? How does it affect the free world? This past February, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping unveiled a new agreement, a “new era” in the global order supporting their territorial ambitions in Ukraine and Taiwan. Challenging the U.S. as a global power. And also challenging NATO. “Friendship between the two countries has no limits,” they vowed in their statement, released after the two leaders met on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics. “There are no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation.” What does this mean for us and the world? …