US Deputy State Secretary Warns of Escalating Russia–China Partnership

U.S. Deputy State Secretary Kurt Campbell visited Brussels this week and met with senior EU, NATO, and Belgian officials, after which he told reporters he had great concerns over the escalating partnership between Russia and China leveling out military advantages the United States might have had over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “These new areas of collaboration between Russia and China are in the areas of design and … application,” Campbell said at a press conference on Sept. 10. “They are significant.” Campbell said the cooperation was “not a tactical alliance” but “a fundamental alignment” that was “orchestrated at the highest levels of the two states.”...