- Russia in Ukraine for four years, the United States in Iran for three months.
- These two global military and economic superpowers are mired in war.
- Put in difficulty by their adversary, they received “a historic lesson”, according to Colonel Peer de Jong.
Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday June 3. A city with international influence, also tourist, which hosts the traditional Economic Forum bringing together many Russian and foreign officials, in the expected presence of Vladimir Putin.
A hard blow for Moscow, mired in this war for more than four years. While the United States, too, is trying to get out of the impasse into which it got into on February 28. “It’s a bit like a sticking plaster attached to the shoes of the two superpowers”
vulgarizes Colonel Peer de Jong, LCI defense and geopolitics consultant.
He sees these two wars as “a historical lesson”
. These two behemoths “never imagined for a single second that they would be held in check. (…) They could consider that they were so dominant that the question would not arise. There, it really arises.”
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If we imagined China invading Taiwan in the near future, allowing itself to act as Moscow and Washington are doing, doubt is now allowed, according to Colonel Peer de Jong. “I think that the Chinese will not put their finger in the Taiwanese trap. There is an induced effect that goes all the way to Asia. The great powers can no longer do what they want to do.”
