I’m going to take this an opportunity to not only remind everybody about the “critical” part of “critical support”, which should be limited to Russia’s anti-imperialist actions, but also as a warning.
If the US with Trump manages to somehow align with Russia, that country could play a significant role in a new reorganized imperialist camp. There’s no ideological barriers for this inside of Russia itself, only pragmatic ones such as how that might impact its relationship with China (unlikely since China is hands off outside its territory) or whether a future Democrat might ruin that alliance. Other than that, we could very possibly see a future soon where Russia becomes an US imperial ally against the imperial periphery. If NATO-Russia relations ever normalise, all critical support for them will need to be re-evaluated.
This will also be a moment to test whether theories of imperialism can apply to China depending on their complicity with any such alliance.
I’m going to take this an opportunity to not only remind everybody about the “critical” part of “critical support”, which should be limited to Russia’s anti-imperialist actions, but also as a warning.
If the US with Trump manages to somehow align with Russia, that country could play a significant role in a new reorganized imperialist camp. There’s no ideological barriers for this inside of Russia itself, only pragmatic ones such as how that might impact its relationship with China (unlikely since China is hands off outside its territory) or whether a future Democrat might ruin that alliance. Other than that, we could very possibly see a future soon where Russia becomes an US imperial ally against the imperial periphery. If NATO-Russia relations ever normalise, all critical support for them will need to be re-evaluated.
This will also be a moment to test whether theories of imperialism can apply to China depending on their complicity with any such alliance.