Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking a major toll on its military, finances, and resources. It is also further depopulating far-flung regions of Siberia and the Far East, which are already sparsely settled. The accelerating decline will encourage neighboring states to intervene either to assist kindred populations, gain access to resources, or regain territories forfeited to Russia’s empire.
United States Relations with China (290) and Cold War International History Project Bulletin contain records of correspondences between Mao Zedong and Josef Stalin, 13 January 1949, (6-7, 27-28) stating that on January 8, 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek appealed to the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France to mediate in the ongoing civil war in China, Stalin immediately sought to persuade Mao to accept a Soviet mediation, a mediation that if successful would have resulted in a divided China- Stalin’s optimum outcome
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