India, for example, and other big powers have also been quiet because for India, Russia is again both an old ally as well as a close neighbor. Now you will see this with many other countries. I am not convinced that the logic is as simple as because they both seem to be rivals to the U.S. So that relationship is a very different one. Remember, Russia is in China’s backyard, and China is in Russia’s backyard. China has very good reasons to be concerned about a growing and more belligerent Russia for their own reasons. It is not as if Beijing is dancing in joy to welcome Mr. We have also seen, rather surprisingly, somewhat cautious reactions from Beijing. So even if they now have a common rival in the U.S., that doesn’t necessarily mean that, you know, and that their enemies will make them friends. They both presume themselves to be major powers within their own spheres. Remember, they are much closer to each other geographically. NAJAM: First of all, China and Russia have their own differences. But Professor Najam does not think this will happen. This conflict could push Russia and China to closer ties.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: I’m not prepared to comment on that at the moment. Are you urging China to help isolate Russia? Are you urging China to help isolate Russia? REPORTER: And are you - are you - if I could follow-up, sir. At President Biden’s Press Conference today, he did not say whether he is urging China to help isolate Russia: China has rejected to criticize Russian or call its attack as “invasion”, blaming U.S. And what we are seeing in Ukraine is part of the world order shifting in the sense that, one of the big questions is, is it now? Are the old rules of balance no longer applicable?īig questions. Right, so there are many places where there is an uneasy balance. This is true for many places in the world. reaction as such that it signals that on Taiwan too, there may be not too much repercussion. And this could certainly be an incentive for China in some way if they see the U.S. NAJAM: Already, in all of last year, there was a lot of concern about what China might do in Taiwan this year. If Russia can take over Ukraine, Najam wonders if that could make a Chinese incursion into Taiwan more likely. and the Western alliance more and more into a corner, possibly leading to more conflict. But it can change the dynamic of the relationships, especially as Mr. In my view, it doesn’t change the relationship fundamentally, which will remain a relationship of rivalry. exerts or doesn’t exert power, and what the new balance will be. Professor Adil Najam, the Dean of Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, says China is watching today’s events very closely.ĪDIL NAJAM: China is looking at this very carefully. Superpower relations could change as well as the terms and consequences of nations invading other sovereign lands. The conflict could help usher in a new world order. Today’s events are much bigger than Ukraine.
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