Ex-head of the CIA and former Minister of Defense of the United States Robert Gates compared the Cold War of the United States from the USSR and China. It quotes TASS.
The politician recognized that rivalry between Washington and Beijing should not be called a cold war. The main reason is that it creates a false impression of the problem: in fact, the “contest” between the American and Chinese parties is much more difficult, Gates.
So, rivalry with the Soviet Union facilitated “non-compliance in economic development.” “But China presents a completely different challenge for us, because it is a power that acts at many levels. It has the economic power that competes with our”, “admitted the ex-head of the CIA.
He added that Beijing is already using the tools to which the United States resorted during the Cold War from the USSR. Meanwhile, Washington has no strategy to combat the Chinese side at all levels.
Earlier, Gates also stated that the United States had exhausted the possibility of pressure on Russia with the help of sanctions, since it was introduced too much. At the same time, many restrictions affect ordinary Russian citizens, although measures should act against officials of the country.