Great fast moving squib.
Let's just take sentence one.
"The crisis over Ukraine, which threatens to escalate into a confrontation between the United States and Russia, and the even more perilous potential crisis over Taiwan, stem from conflicting goals and world views among the three leading powers in the world, the US, Russia, and China..." DK
I have long thought that there is a Russia China strategic alliance.
Your remark makes it seem as if their interests, in such matters conflict in matters you mention, say, Ukraine and Taiwan (or Hong Kong, for that matter).
In my judgment, they do not conflict.
I don't get security briefings, just read the news!
All the best
Professor
This one is also the received view: "The United States made its entrance on the world stage in 1917..." DK
My view is that the United States made its entrance on the world stage in 1776, not my favorite debut.
All the best
Professor
"...In 2008, in its waning months, the Bush II administration offered NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia, two former Soviet Republics on Russia's borders...." DK
Ukraine is not a "border" area in Russian history, any more than the Crimea, but rather its old heartland.
All the best
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