During his meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jin Ping at the APEC Summit, sitting US President Donald Trump brought up the war in the Ukraine and strongly urged China to help. By doing so, both leaders agreed that modern day warfare indeed decimates the global economy, as well as the unity of internationalism. What can we expect from China? Is China ready to help with the war in Ukraine, while Russia continues to taunt Ukraine with larger fatal weapons?

Dr. Alexander J. Motyl is professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark.Alexander J. Motyl (Ph.D., Columbia University, 1984) is professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark. He served as associate director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University in 1992-1998. A specialist on Ukraine, Russia, and the USSR, he is the author of six academic books and the editor or co-editor of over fifteen volumes.