Red Alert Somalia

ps: Six more!

Just when Hagel and the think tanks discussed countermeasures and drafted the charter, Russia, unwilling to be lonely, stepped forward.Soon after the Chinese Ministry of National Defense spoke, the Russian Defense Minister, in an official form, expressed his concern about the situation in the Somalia region, claiming that all countries should rationally view the nature of the incident.He also said that if you need help in the humanitarian aspect of joining Li Lan, you can also turn to Russia for help.

This time, Hagel's head got bigger again, and he simply threw the problem to the president.

The president quickly responded, staying concerned, raising the alert level, supporting pro-American forces in Puntland, and increasing the assistance of the most nominal government of Somalia (Mogadishu).

US President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize not long ago. He has the right to transfer troops directly, but he does not have the right to start a war. Congress requires the consent of Congress.

This time, China's high-profile behavior has fundamentally exceeded the expectations of the United States.Because the US think tank has planned a report on China's development strategy, which lists in detail the main development and strategic directions of China in the future.The US government, based on this report, formulated policies aimed at China.

Prior to this, it had been smooth, and many of China’s actions did not exceed the expectations of the United States.However, this step taken by China completely disrupted the pace of US strategic steps.

Li Lan has been paying attention to Li Lan for several months, but the United States does not believe that China, which has always pursued a defensive national defense strategy, will be so high-profile, and even release military correspondence.In this regard, the United States does not dare to underestimate China's attitude at this time, it is too elusive.

In addition to ordering the core of the six major U.S. headquarters, the Central Command in charge of the Middle East and the New Africa Command to increase the alert level, Russia has not waited for the Americans to breathe.

This is another annoyance for the United States.

Former US President Nixon has a famous saying that sums up the future of Russia: rich resources, splendid culture, proud history, strong academic traditions, and people who can endure hardships and make great sacrifices have profound connotations beyond the West.

In the whole world, countries that are worried about Africa are not only China and the United States, Russia, France, Italy, and many European countries have been staring at Africa, but China and the United States are more successful.(It's the money!)

Since Putin came to power, he has visited African countries many times.During his first visit to Namibia, Putin said that Russia is willing to help Namibia build a nuclear power plant in order to alleviate the shortage of power supply in southern Africa.Putin believes that once the two countries' cooperative development of uranium mines and construction of nuclear power plants are implemented, the economic relations between the two sides will enter a new stage of development.In addition, the two parties also held consultations on matters such as oil, natural gas, diamond and copper mining.

The Vice President of South Africa and Putin held bilateral talks at the South African Presidential Palace. The two sides expressed that they would further implement cooperation agreements in the fields of nuclear energy, aerospace, energy, minerals, and defense.In addition, in view of South Africa’s influence in African affairs, the two sides also discussed the development of the Southern African Development Community, the situation in Côte d’Ivoire and certain African countries.

Since Putin set foot on the African continent for the first time, he has traveled all over the north and south of Africa, and has caused widespread concern in the international community.Many people believe that Putin's trip to Africa is an "ice-breaking journey" for Russia to try to restore its influence in Africa.

If Putin's visit to Africa is of pioneering significance, just judging by the volume of bilateral trade, the current relations between Russia and African countries are still in the embryonic stage.Russia should accelerate the development of the African continent, otherwise it will end up in vain.And Russia needs to prove: As a partner, Russia is not inferior to other competitors at all, and will even win in many ways.

In fact, Russia has a traditional friendship with African countries.In recent years, due to constant internal and external challenges, Russia has no time to take care of it and has less and less ties with African countries.Today, Russia has passed the most difficult transition period. Its economy has maintained rapid growth for seven consecutive years. Its gold and foreign exchange reserves have reached 315.3 billion U.S. dollars, ranking third in the world.

In Putin's words, now is the time to sign bilateral agreements with African countries and make up for past losses.Russia believes that to achieve the strategic goal of "revitalizing a major country", increasing its influence in Africa is indispensable.Some analysts have clearly pointed out that as Africa's global status "increases", Russia will also be more and more aggressive in expanding its strategic space on the African continent.

For China, supporting Africa is economic first.With the needs of China's economic development and the needs of people's lives, China's future energy demand is very large.The development of the past few decades has consumed a lot of energy, has low utilization efficiency, and has brought many environmental and health problems. International energy development has started late and can only be compared with some Western countries that have given up, political instability or threats to security. Regions and countries maintain energy exchanges.However, as the situation in the Middle East deteriorates and turmoil increases, China is increasing its energy supply channels to ensure long-term stable economic development.

Africa is also an important source of energy for China and an important market for China.

It is reported that China-Africa trade volume has risen from 10 billion U.S. dollars in 2000 to 220 billion U.S. dollars in 2012.China's investment in Africa in 2012 was 20 times that of ten years ago. If we add in the transfer of investment through third countries, the total amount will exceed 40 billion US dollars.Africa has also become China's second largest overseas labor project contracting market.There are nearly one million Chinese in Africa, and there are more than 2,000 Chinese companies carrying out economic and trade activities in Africa.

South Africa is a representative country in Africa and the only representative of the BRIC countries in Africa, as well as a traditional friendly country to China.Tanzania and the Republic of Congo are not only China's main energy sources, but also traditional friendly countries.Africa’s development is an opportunity for China, and China’s development is also an opportunity for Africa. African countries are eager to learn from China’s economic success.

As Europe and the United States are facing various political and economic problems, while stabilizing the Asian market, China is actively expanding its energy and economic and trade cooperation with Africa and opening up more blank markets. This is conducive to the long-term prospects of the Chinese economy and expands Chinese products and investment. International space.

This economic influence will also be transformed into political and diplomatic influence.In Africa: On the one hand, China’s economic development, as well as its assistance and win-win development to Africa, is different from the past colonial practices of Western countries in Africa and all kinds of conditional assistance, showing China’s peaceful development and its relationship with the host country. The strategic thinking of win-win cooperation has won the hearts of the African people.

On the other hand, Africa has friendly relations with China after the establishment of the new China. China and Africa have a common path to resist the West and seek independence. Africa is also an important backing for China to return to the United Nations and gain greater international voice.The relationship between China and Africa, new wine in old bottles, and further development of cooperation in various fields will help promote the democratization and multi-polarization of international relations. As a developing Chinese nation, China will also win respect, gain more international political support and international voice.

China-Russia relations have been showing a very good momentum in recent years.

Russia is very rich in oil and natural gas. Now Russia is also facing a shrinking European market. It urgently needs to open up the East Asian market and launch more energy cooperation with China.

China and Russia have extensive geographical contacts, traditional and realistic political exchanges and mutual interest concerns. The Sino-Russian border, especially in the Russian Far East, has close economic relations between the two countries. However, the volume of Sino-Russian trade in 2012 was only more than 80 billion US dollars. One-sixth of the nearly US$500 billion trade volume between China and the United States is far less than the US$2,100 between China and South Korea and US$330 billion between China and Japan.

After Putin returned to the Kremlin, he has stated that he wants to take advantage of the east wind of the Chinese economy and proposed a strategy of developing the Far East eastward.At the same time, strengthen practical cooperation with China in all fields of the world.To put it bluntly, we must unite to fight the influence of the United States in the world.

Looking at Russia again, in terms of political relations between China and Russia, as the Chinese Premier said, "There is nothing to talk about", there is still a lot of room for economic cooperation between the two sides. Through continuous consolidation of economic cooperation and expansion of economic relations between the two sides, especially in Russia When Russia joined the WTO last year and Russia actively got rid of a single-structure economy that relied on energy, a more solid foundation for Sino-Russian relations will contribute to the long-term stability of Sino-Russian relations.China and Russia will be more closely linked in response to the "containment" of third countries, in building a multi-polar world, breaking the old international order, and some major regional and international issues.

The unity of China and Russia is to increase the international discourse power, to lay a good external environment for the realization of China's long-term strategy, and to be more conducive to the resolution of surrounding territorial disputes.The increasingly close relationship between China and Russia is also a check and balance against the ambiguous relationship between the United States and Japan and the United States' involvement in the South China Sea.This is also a response that China and Russia are also facing the anti-missile system constructed by the United States and others, and are constantly squeezing the strategic space between China and Russia.

Sino-Russian relations will also be reflected in the closer cooperation of many regional and international multilateral organizations such as the SCO, BRICS, g20, imf, and East Asia Summit, and will constitute a certain significance in the maintenance of East Asian territories and the international order after World War II. "Strategic alliance" on the Internet.

Whether it is the issue of China in Somalia or the issues of other African countries, the overall development of China-Africa relations and the increase in influence will not only stabilize China’s energy security and new overseas markets, but also greatly enhance China’s international Influence helps China gain international support on issues of core interests such as territorial disputes. This is China’s "important magic weapon" against the strategy of containment and containment by the United States and other Western countries.

It should also be pointed out that China’s development with Russia and African countries is not forging alliances or gangs with certain countries.