Russian diplomacy is no longer about co-operation but “putting Westerners in their place”, say ex-Kremlin insiders.
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China is likewise reaping the benefits of ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy, erasing some 30 years of diplomatic gains under previous CCP administrations. These policies are red meat for the domestic nationalist base, but run counter to the core purpose of diplomacy.
The west spent 30 years bending over backwards placating Russia in an attempt to get their leaders to grow the fuck up and join the west.
And Putin saw this as nothing but weakness.
Well, those days are now dead and Vlad has condemned Russia to at least a generation as an outcaste state.
