Ukraine Crisis Kicks Off New Superpower Struggle Among U.S., Russia and China

Russia’s audacious navy assault on Ukraine is the first key clash marking a new get in global politics, with three important powers jostling for situation in strategies that threaten America’s primacy.

The troubles are distinct than those the U.S. and its community of alliances confronted in the Chilly War. Russia and China have developed a thriving partnership centered in part on a shared desire in diminishing U.S. electricity. Compared with the Sino-Soviet bloc of the 1950s, Russia is a crucial fuel provider to Europe, while China is not an impoverished, war-ravaged husband or wife but the world’s manufacturing powerhouse with an increasing armed forces.