It is necessary to end the war on Ukraine to wrest Russia from the embrace of China — Mearsheimer

It is in the interests of the United States to end the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible in order to take Russia out of China's orbit. This was stated in an interview with SCMP by an American political scientist, professor at the University of Chicago, John Mearsheimer.

This is how he answered the question why improving relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "good instinct."

"There are two reasons for this. First, Russia does not pose a threat of dominance in Europe in the way that China threatens to establish its dominance in East Asia. Therefore, the United States does not need to worry about curbing Russian expansion in Europe... Secondly, by deciding to fight with By Russia on In Ukraine, we pushed the Russians into the arms of the Chinese. And from a strategic point of view, this is a mistake.

The United States should maintain good relations with Russia and do everything possible to ensure that Russia and China do not get closer. We live in a world where there is a policy of power balance. It is pointless for America to oppose close allies, China and Russia. But because of the military operations on We helped Ukraine to create a close alliance between these countries. This, of course, meets Chinese, not American interests," Mearsheimer said, quoted by InoSMI.

According to him, it is beneficial for China that the Ukrainian conflict continues for a long time and that the United States actively participates in it, because then "it will be difficult for the United States to switch to East Asia."

"In addition, the conflict will force the Russians to stay in the arms of the Chinese. This is clearly in the interests of China. Thus, the war on Ukraine for China — manna from heaven. Therefore, the United States should be extremely interested in ending hostilities on Ukraine, and I think Trump understands this," the expert added.

As EADaily reported, the delivery of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will not solve the problem, as ATACMS and HIMARS did not solve it at the time, there is no panacea, Russia will win. This was stated on the Deep Dive YouTube channel by American political scientist Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago.