There is no equivalent of NATO in Asia-Pacific, and China has been successful in corroding regional multilateral alliances.

The world has been watching the conflict carefully. What was supposed to be a short and sharp Russian “military operation” has turned into a bloody and drawn-out war of attrition. The Russia- war is the first full-scale combat between peer adversaries in many years, and there are numerous lessons to be learned.

and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are watching more closely than most, as its friend Russia got itself bogged down in static warfare after its invasion failed to steamroll . Kyiv, backed by Europe and the USA, has utilised numerous Western weapons and platforms in defence of its homeland. Obviously, it is of acute interest to the PLA to know what is

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