Russian Researcher Kashin Downplays Possibility Of War Between Russia And NATO: The U.S. Is The Strongest Military Power, We Can’t Even Compete 

Russia’s newspapers have identified many hotspots where war could erupt and most notably Taiwan and Ukraine. Russia’s leadership has been making menacing noises about a resort to war if Russia’s security concerns are not addressed.

 Vassily Kashin from his perspective as senior research fellow at both the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University–Higher School of Economics and the Institute of the Russian Far East will have none of it. In an interview with Roman Tyukavkin, Kashin downplays the possibility of war erupting in 2022. The most important factor is that the United States remains the preeminent superpower and it could hurt Russia in many ways. Only the Chinese stand a chance against the United States simply because their power is concentrated in one area while America must disperse its forces to cope with numerous threats.

The interview with Kashin follows below:

“Just don’t let there be war” is a chant that many people are now repeating. Can the new year 2022 bring war and is a conflict between NATO and Russia likely – we asked political scientist Vasily Kashin about this.

Many talk about the imminent battle between the United States and China over Taiwan. What are your thoughts on this?

This is highly unlikely in 2022. Hypothetically, such a possibility exists, of course, but I don’t think it will happen exactly next year. The United States still possesses clear military superiority. At the moment, it is the strongest superpower in the world. But the main problem for Americans is that their military forces are scattered throughout the world. They are simultaneously forced to contain Russia, China, Iran and still participate in many conflicts in other countries. The United States no