The Wall Street Journal opinion column “Long Live Ukraine, Taiwan and the Nation-State” by Christopher DeMuth starts with the following statement: “A critical achievement of modern civilization may rest on the fate of these two small countries, in danger of being swallowed by imperial neighbors.”
After that it says” Russia wants to absorb Ukraine and rule its people. China wants to absorb Taiwan and rule its people. The two powers isolate and degrade their much smaller neighbors at every turn and invoke stale grievances to justify conquering them outright. They have served notice on the world that they are prepared to make war to impose their will. Frantic countermeasures are under way, focused for the time being on averting an invasion of Ukraine or a Moscow-backed coup.”
This was my blog comment posted under the column: “It is interesting to compare the situation of Ukraine and Taiwan because both countries are at risk to disappear as independent states. Both need to develop their own good defensive plans, but they will lose if they don't have firm support of the western powers.”
SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal
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