A Beijing expert warns about Russia's future. Four factors could force Putin to defeat.
The war could have far-reaching consequences. Feng Yujun, vice dean of the Institute of International Studies at Peking University, described the four factors in an op-ed in The Economist. The first point is the resistance and national cohesion of Ukrainians. Feng noted that while the support did not meet Ukraine's expectations, it remained "broad-based." The third factor, according to Feng, is modern warfare, with which Russia cannot really keep up. The fourth factor, Feng said, is the blocked aid area in the U.S. Congress. He noted that the total amount of donations, both overall and related to the military, increased almost linearly in the last two years. Such a trend can only be discovered in the USA, largely due to one reason: the blocked aid area in the US Congress. He said Russia never fully recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union.