{"id":316873,"date":"2026-06-01T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=316873"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:15:33","slug":"formation-of-the-hegemony-of-us-russia-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/06\/formation-of-the-hegemony-of-us-russia-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Formation of the Hegemony of US-Russia-Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>23 May 2026<\/em> &#8211; In the latter half of May 2026, US President Trump (13-15 May 2026) and Russian President Putin (19-20 May 2026) successively visited China and held summit meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Following this, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkchina.sg\/politics\/after-trump-and-putin-xi-turns-north-korea\" >there will be talks between Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un soon in North Korea.<\/a> How were these events related to each other? Is it merely a coincidence of timing? Probably not. Trump was initially scheduled to visit China in March-April, but postponed it due to his busy schedule with the Iran War, and visited just before Putin&#8217;s visit. The Russian government says that &#8220;Putin&#8217;s visit was decided in February this year.\u00a0 It was the US that interrupted at the last minute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/2132601\" >Bilateral relations, energy and Russian delegation members: aide on Putin&#8217;s visit to China<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The US government boasted that Trump was warmly welcomed in China and that his visit was a great success. Yet, the welcoming ceremony for him was largely the same as the one Putin received. <strong>Neither the US nor China made significant decisions during this visit, and there were few results to announce.<\/strong> Anti-Trump media and alt-media outlets are ridiculing his visit to China as a failure, or claiming it exposed China&#8217;s dominance and the US&#8217;s decline. <strong>Many analyses, driven by animosity towards Trump and Israel, become emotional and overestimate the dominance of China and Iran.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\uff08<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/escobar-xis-constructive-strategic-stability\" >Escobar On Xi&#8217;s &#8220;Constructive Strategic Stability&#8221;<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>\uff08<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/640137-trump-china-american-primacy\/\" >Why Trump&#8217;s China trip signifies the end of American primacy<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some analyses of international politics circulating\u00a0 the world these days have become increasingly distorted, irrelevant, and nonsensical. From my perspective, the proportion of analyses I find convincing is steadily decreasing. It is deemed that nonsense is sweeping the contemporary world. Unfortunately, the majority of people are blindly believing it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thecradle.co\/articles\/chinas-counter-sanctions-shield-how-beijing-is-turning-the-iran-war-into-a-petroyuan-test\" >China&#8217;s counter-sanctions shield: How Beijing is turning the Iran war into a petroyuan test<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/2026\/04\/war-on-iran-trump-if-finding-that-he-has-no-way-out.html\" >No Way Out For Trump On Iran<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The relations between China and Russia so far have been described as &#8220;<em>China superior&#8221; and &#8220;Russia inferior.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 This means that Russia has supplied only commodities and raw materials such as oil, gas, minerals, and food, while China have supplied everything else (industrial products, etc.). The main topic of Putin&#8217;s recent visit to China was the increase in natural gas exports from Russia to China due to the construction of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/5\/20\/what-is-the-power-of-siberia-2-pipeline-that-russia-china-are-planning\" >Power of Siberia 2 pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/623976-power-siberia-gas-china\/\" >Power of Siberia deal: What is the key energy link between Russia and China?<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Nevertheless, Russia is more assertive this time. <strong>It is because the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran War has made it difficult for China to rely on oil and gas from Iran and the Arab oil-producing countries in the Persian Gulf, which were its main sources of imports.\u00a0 As the result, China is becoming increasingly dependent on oil and gas from its neighbor, Russia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/\" >RT<\/a>, a Russian government-controlled media outlet, published an opinion piece titled &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/640052-beijing-moscow-sanctions-partnership\/\" ><strong><em>Beijing can no longer view Russia as an inferior partner<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&#8221; just before Putin&#8217;s visit to China. RT published an article that would antagonize China&#8217;s sense of superiority just before Putin&#8217;s visit&#8230; [<em>What did it actually mean?<\/em>]\u00a0 <em>It is highly unlikely that this state-controlled media outlet sensitive to domestic politics would do such a thing on its own. Rather, it is more likely that Putin&#8217;s camp had RT publish it to demonstrate their intentions to China.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/640052-beijing-moscow-sanctions-partnership\/\" >Beijing can no longer treat Moscow as a junior partner<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Until the outbreak of the Iran War, China imported Iranian oil at one-eighth of the international market price, at $10 per barrel.\u00a0 Since the beginning of the Ukraine War in 2022, Russia also had China buy its oil and gas that it could no longer sell to Europe. Oil and gas fields are unable to be shut-down. Therefore, the exports of oil are unavoidable, even at any lower prices. It is a logical consequence that they are being forced to sell at rock-bottom prices. [<em>As such, it could have been assumed that<\/em>] China, before the outbreak of the Iran War, could have told Russia, such as &#8220;<em>Iran sells oil and gas cheaply. Why can&#8217;t you, Russia, sell them cheaply to us? You&#8217;re in trouble, aren&#8217;t you, ah..?<\/em>&#8221; Russia was at a disadvantage against China, at that time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/russian-medias-unprecedented-criticism\" >Russian Media&#8217;s Unprecedented Criticism Of China Sets The Stage For This Summer&#8217;s Game-Changer<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>However, such situation has changed dramatically since the outbreak of the Iran War. Not only oil and gas itself, but also plastics necessary for industrial products, and fertilizers necessary for agriculture, all require oil and gas in their manufacturing. <strong>Both Russia and the US are not only major producers of oil and gas, but also they are exporters of large quantities of agricultural products. The Iran War gave Russia (and the US) the upper hand. In contrast, China, a major producer of industrial goods, found itself at a disadvantage against Russia and the US.<\/strong><\/em> This is the background to RT&#8217;s bullish article, \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/640052-beijing-moscow-sanctions-partnership\/\" ><strong><em>Beijing can no longer treat Moscow as a junior partner<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/uranium-transfer-nuclear-limits-us-issues-5-peace-ultimatums-iran\" >Trump Tells Iran &#8216;Clock Is Ticking, Move Fast&#8217; After New Peace Proposal As Analysts Predict Likely Return To War<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was another unexpected incident occurred before Putin\u2019s visit to China. On 18 May 2026, the day before Putin&#8217;s visit, a Russian drone attacked (collided with) &#8220;KSL Deyang&#8221;, a Chinese cargo ship, when it was entering <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/72\/64472-050-F70D46EC\/Odessa-Ukraine-locator-map-city.jpg\" >the port of Odessa on Ukraine&#8217;s Black Coast<\/a>. The cargo ship was a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel owned by a Chinese company (<em>Nanjing Jin Xipu Ship Management<\/em>). All of its crew members were Chinese.\u00a0 The ship was sailing empty to load Ukrainian iron ore. The drone collision caused a fire, which the crew extinguished immeidately.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/russian-drone-hits-chinese-ship-black-sea-less-24-hours-xi-putin-summit\" >Russian Drone Hits Chinese Ship In Black Sea, Less Than 24-Hours Before Xi-Putin Summit<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/portsukraine.com\/ukrainian-port-list\/port-of-odessa\/\" ><strong><em>Port of Odessa \u2013 Ports of Ukraine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That incident had been unknown to the world until President Zelensky brought it to the light.\u00a0 Nonetheless, neither China nor Russia has made any statement about this incident. The Russian military used drones and ballistic missiles to attack, not only the Chinese ship but also a wide area of \u200b\u200bthe Odessa port. So it was possible that the Chinese ship was accidentally targeted. On the other hand, it could also be considered, as Zelensky also pointed out, that the Russian military must have surveyed what ships were around the Odessa port before the attack.\u00a0 Therefore, it could be considered that the attack on the Chinese ships was intentional.\u00a0 On top of that, as mentioned earlier, it could be interpreted as a warning from Putin, who has become equal to China, to Xi Jinping, &#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t buy supplies from Ukraine, Russia\u2019s enemy country!<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/ja\/ais\/details\/ships\/shipid:288143\/mmsi:538007741\/imo:9457725\/vessel:KSL%20DEYANG\" >KSL DEYANG &#8211; Bulk Carrier IMO: 9457725<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The political background of both the RT commentary and the attack on the Chinese ships is ambiguous. It is my view that the balance of Sino-Russian relations has shifted from China&#8217;s dominance to equality, and that Putin has become more assertive.\u00a0 Having said that, however, I hereby state that my view as such is not definitive at all. It because if the blockade of the Hormuz Strait ends soon and oil and gas exports resume smoothly, Russia&#8217;s (and other resource-rich countries like the US) dominance will disappear and things will return to normal.\u00a0 On the contrary, however, the longer the Hormuz Strait closure continues, the stronger resource-rich Russia&#8217;s dominance and the weaker manufacturing-oriented China&#8217;s will become, and Sino-Russian relations will become more equal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/05\/the-ongoing-iran-war\/\" >The Ongoing Iran War<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>A glance at the situation looks like that Trump wants to end the blockade of the Hormuz Strait as soon as possible.<strong>\u00a0 However, there is a growing sense that he actually wants to prolong the blockade of the Strait to drive a transformation of the global economy. In fact, the Trump administration is spreading false information to the media, claiming that Iran is rebuilding its destroyed military industry surprisingly quickly. By spreading the information as such, he is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/13\/markets-trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-gold-stocks-dollar.html\" >attempting to make people in the world believe that Iran is superior whereas Trump is at a disadvantage.\u00a0 This makes him prolong the blockade of the Strait<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/s18gkeh1fx\" >Iran rebuilds military industrial base faster than US expected, report says<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/trump-iran-insider-trading-oil-markets\" ><strong><em>Activity before Trump&#8217;s Iran post raises questions about insider trading<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/13\/markets-trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-gold-stocks-dollar.html\" ><strong><em>Global markets after Donald Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/future-society\/donald-trump-iran-manipulation\" ><strong><em>Evidence Grows That Trump Is Using the War in Iran to Manipulate Markets<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The media, experts, and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (all of which are British puppets) are hostile to Trump. Therefore, they gladly believe and propagate distorted information portraying Trump as at a disadvantage. (The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_intelligence_agencies\" >British Intelligence Community<\/a> has lost its intelligence capabilities after Likud seized control of its intelligence network. They now has no reliable information other than the distortions spread by Likud.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(\u25c6The Iran War is proceeding as planned.\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260506iran.php\" >\u25c6\u8a08\u753b\u901a\u308a\u306e\u30a4\u30e9\u30f3\u6226\u4e89<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greydynamics.com\/israeli-intel-ops-against-its-patron-the-us\/\" ><strong><em>Israeli Intel Ops Against its Patron, the U.S.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QlrrxqJZSVY\" ><strong><em>How Strong Is Israeli Influence On U.S. Foreign Policy?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Although Trump is outwardly not on good terms with Russia these days, he previously sought the US-Russia cooperation.\u00a0 In fact, for example, Trump and Putin held a summit in Alaska last year.\u00a0 It seems that Trump and Putin have already established close ties, are now playing the role of rivals, and are secretly communicating to form a covert US-Russia alliance that is manipulating the world. In addition, there is Israel (<\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Likud\" ><strong><em>Likud<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>) behind Trump.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli_espionage_in_the_United_States\" ><strong><em>Israel\/Likud [unofficially and politically] controls\/influences<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> the <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Intelligence_Community\" ><strong><em>US Intelligence Community<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/in-another-league-netanyahu-touts-friendship-with-putin-in-new-billboard\/\" ><strong><em>Putin is also an ally of Likud<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, as he has the US Intelligence Community instigate the war in Ukraine.\u00a0 The longer the war drags on, the more the UK and Europe behind Ukraine will accelerate to cause their self-destruction, giving Russia the upper hand ever more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(The US and Russia are playing the role of false adversaries.\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/250807russia.htm\" >\u30a6\u30bd\u306e\u6575\u5bfe\u3092\u6f14\u3058\u308b\u7c73\u9732<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QL4aKiDnE6E&amp;t=58s\" ><strong><em>How Israeli spy veterans are shaping US big tech<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/en\/node\/40569\" ><strong><em>Israel&#8217;s Economic Espionage in the United States<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/2025\/03\/israels-complicated-strategic-relationship-russia-could-strengthen-trump-white-house\" ><strong><em>Israel\u2019s complicated but strategic relationship with Russia could strengthen with Trump in the White House<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2025\/04\/01\/trump-putin-democracy-future\/\" >covert US-Russia alliance<\/a> is also an alliance for resources, which can supply the world with oil, gas, and agricultural products. <strong><em>With the Middle East unable to produce oil and gas, the US and Russia have become resource-rich nations that can monopolize the world.<\/em><\/strong> The Middle East was originally supposed to be a four-way system of Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, but the Iran War has made Iran and Saudi Arabia weakened. Turkey has long been an inferior ally, playing the role of Israel&#8217;s rival (like France to Britain in the past). <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Israel-Rabinovich-01292015.pdf\" ><em>The Middle East has become a region of the hegemony solely dominated by Israel.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/05\/the-possibility-of-israels-world-hegemony\/\" >The Possibility of Israel\u2019s World Hegemony<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/english\/is-israel-the-new-hegemon-in-the-middle-east-ld.1890480\" ><strong><em>Is Israel the new hegemon in the Middle East?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ob1x5S_6R2A&amp;t=1s\" ><strong><em>Trump and Putin &#8211; a new alliance to weaken Europe?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/24\/nx-s1-5304271\/trump-russia-putin-history\" ><strong><em>What Trump\u2019s alignment with Russia means for global order<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel has forced Russia to cede the Caucasus, which was previously within its sphere of influence, and has established a system for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/static\/media\/images\/Map_Turkey_Energy_Gas_Dependence-9.png\" >importing Azerbaijani oil via Turkey<\/a>. (As the &#8220;reward&#8221; for that, Russia has been given an advantage.) <em>Turkey, on behalf of Israel, is instigating Europeans to send numerous aid ships to Gaza.\u00a0 <strong>Turkey\u2019s purpose for that is to intensify European hostility towards Israel and make Europe a &#8220;loser.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/Hzi09pGqrIw\" ><em>Israel&#8217;s radical Security Minister Ben-Gvir intentionally abused activists on the aid ships and released videos of it.<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0 One may remember that the killings and abuses of Palestinians and activists are humanitarian crimes, however, this is Israel\u2019s\/Ben-Gvir\u2019s a deliberate strategy to neutralize the humanitarianism that was once part of the British hegemony.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/hkxp542kml\" >Rush to outrage: Ben-Gvir flotilla clip sparks predictable diplomatic pile-on<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Itamar-Ben-Gvir\" ><strong><em>Itamar Ben-Gvir | Biography, Israel, Knesset, &amp; Controversy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Trump and Israel, along with Putin, are forming a &#8220;US-Russia-Israeli hegemonic system&#8221; in this emerging multipolar world. This system could also be called a &#8220;Likud-based hegemony&#8221; (which controls\/influences the US Intelligence Community), but this term &#8220;Likud hegemony&#8221; could become inappropriate or difficult to use if Likud loses the upcoming the Israeli election and loses power. <\/em><\/strong>Why is this system being formed? Israel is driving out the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dash.harvard.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/4b111c17-0ccd-41ad-be67-cccc094720f5\/content\" >British-affiliated US Intelligence Community<\/a> and making Trump&#8217;s America a puppet state to dominate the world. That much can be easily understood. The US and Israel could also prolong the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to crush not only Iran but also Saudi Arabia. That is also understandable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(The decline of Arab oil-producing countries\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260422israel.php\" >\u30a2\u30e9\u30d6\u7523\u6cb9\u56fd\u306e\u6ca1\u843d<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scirp.org\/journal\/paperinformation?paperid=144100\" ><strong><em>Middle Powers\u2019 Transactionalism in the Trumpism Era<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/GPO-INTELLIGENCE\/html\/int022.html\" ><strong><em>The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/trumps-worldview-is-causing-a-global-shift-of-alliances-what-does-this-mean-for-nations-in-the-middle-257113\" ><strong><em>Trump\u2019s worldview is causing a global shift of alliances \u2013 what does this mean for nations in the middle?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>However, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is giving an advantage to resource-rich countries like the US and Russia, while putting resource-importing countries (manufacturing-based nations) like the UK, Europe, China, Japan, and South Korea at a disadvantage.<\/em> AI and finance cannot function without oil, gas, minerals, and food. The UK and Europe (British-affiliated) are considered as the enemies for the US, Russia, and Israel.\u00a0 This is why these three countries want to crush these UK\/British-affiliated European countries.\u00a0 But, what about China, Japan, and South Korea, then?<\/p>\n<p><em>Let me make it clear in advance as follows:\u00a0 <strong>The central target of that strategy is China,<\/strong> but it was Japan and South Korea which were to suffer the fallout.<\/em>\u00a0 Fortunately, Japan and South Korea are now purchasing oil and gas from the US to meet their needs. They are also buying oil from Russia on a spot basis. <strong><em>It is deemed that in the medium term, Japan and South Korea will reconcile with Russia in connection with the reconciliation with North Korea, which I will analyze in the latter part of this essay. <\/em><\/strong><em>Then, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20260502\/p2g\/00m\/0bu\/031000c\" ><em>Japan<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/16433196\" ><em>South Korea<\/em><\/a><em> will be able to begin to import oil and gas from Russia on the long-term basis.<strong> Trump is prolonging the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as the strategy to force <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20260403\/p2g\/00m\/0bu\/008000c\" ><strong><em>Japan<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/03\/19\/south-korea-joins-east-asian-countries-weighing-russian-oil-purchases-a92266\" ><strong><em>South Korea<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> into a situation where they have no choice but to reconcile with Russia, thereby strengthening Russia.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/05\/02\/japan-buys-russian-oil-for-the-first-time-since-hormuz-closure-a92666\" ><strong><em>Japan Buys Russian Oil for the First Time Since Hormuz Closure<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/materials\/south-korea-to-import-27-000-tons-of-russian-naphtha-amid-shortage\" ><strong><em>South Korea to import 27,000 tons of Russian naphtha amid shortage<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But then, how about China? <em>My view about this issue is as follows:\u00a0 As the UK and its British-affiliated [European] countries are being brought down, they transferred and entrusted the post-war US-UK hegemonic system they had built to China. A new world order is being formed where China, having received the hegemony from the British, confronted with Israel, which had incorporated the US. Therefore, Israel is strengthening the US and Russia while weakening China, forcing it to relinquish the hegemony it received from the British.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(UAE&#8217;s withdrawal from OPEC, sharp decline of Saudi Arabia and China\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260429uae.htm\" >UAE\u306eOPEC\u96e2\u8131\u3001\u30b5\u30a6\u30b8\u4e2d\u5171\u306e\u6025\u843d<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The peak of China&#8217;s hegemony was 2023-2024. During that period, Xi Jinping mediated the reconciliation between Iran, which threatened Israel, and Saudi Arabia. In addition, during the same period, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/brics-growth-of-china-led-bloc-raises-questions-about-a-rapidly-shifting-world-order-248075\" >China expanded BRICS, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-led non-American multipolar hegemonic system.<\/a> <strong><em>However, from 2024 onward, Israel began its moves to expand its hegemony in the Middle East (overthrowing Assad, crushing Hezbollah, attacking Iran, incorporating Somaliland, seizing the Caucasus, appeasing Turkey by abandoning the Kurds, etc.). Because of that, China began to scale back its hegemonic activities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(Giving the Caucasus to Turkey\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/250702armenia.htm\" >\u30b3\u30fc\u30ab\u30b5\u30b9\u3092\u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u306b\u4e0e\u3048\u308b<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-10136\/\" ><strong><em>The BRICS group: Overview and recent expansion<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China voluntarily relinquished its oil and gas interests in Africa. It also stopped talking about the Belt and Road Initiative, a West Asian hegemonic strategy. Even when Trump expanded the US hegemony into Latin America as part of a multi-polarization strategy and drove out Chinese companies, China tacitly approved. Since last year, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CIA_activities_in_Japan\" >US Intelligence Community<\/a> has [<em>covertly<\/em>] involved [<em>either directly or indirectly<\/em>] with the creation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dDS2jJM9A6E\" >Takaichi administration in Japan<\/a> to stop the liberal faction of the Liberal Democratic Party [<em>of Japan<\/em>] and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both of which are British puppet forces (<em>i.e<\/em>. anti-Trump factions), from cozying up to China. <em>At this time, the CCP cooperated with the US Intelligence Community, strengthening Takaichi, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/70e922b3-c423-40f2-9c9d-1c64a38e026b?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" ><em>while on the surface the CCP and Takaichi are clashing against each other<\/em><\/a><em>. That is, the CCP is covertly accepting Japan becoming a force that can confront China.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(The meaning of Japan becoming \u201cTakaichi-nized\u201d\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260211japan.htm\" >\u65e5\u672c\u304c\u9ad8\u5e02\u5316\u3057\u305f\u610f\u5473<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dlri.co.jp\/english\/report_en\/202604TN-02.html\" ><strong><em>Current Initiatives of the Takaichi Administration<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/16348047\" ><strong><em>Japan plans to draft standalone strategy to beef up intelligence<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ceias.eu\/assertion-and-alignment-sanae-takaichi-and-japans-new-strategic-posture\/\" ><strong><em>Assertion and alignment: Sanae Takaichi and Japan\u2019s new strategic posture<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>China is clearly shrinking its hegemony. After the outbreak of the Iran War, even when Iran pleaded with the CCP, it only offered empty words of support and did not concretely help Iran. The CCP and Russia have abandoned Iran. <strong>The scenario of &#8220;China and Russia helping Iran to defeat the US and Israel&#8221; is a product of delusion, but the US Intelligence Community is intentionally accelerating the spread of this delusion to prolong the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/inside-moscow-meeting-laid-bare-irans-weak-hand\" >Inside The Moscow Meeting That Laid Bare Iran&#8217;s Weak Hand<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Xi Jinping received the transfer of the global hegemony from the weakened UK&amp;British-affiliated countries, initially accepted it.\u00a0 Nonetheless, he soon relinquished it, when he incurred the wrath of the Likud faction<\/em><\/strong>. It could not have been possible for him\/China to profit from being caught up in the power struggle between the Likud and British Jewish factions. This was a trap (which Japan once suffered a crushing defeat after being caught up in the Jewish power struggle between capital and empire). <strong><em>The CCP expanded its hegemony on the premise of increasing its own profits, and likely judged that operating its hegemony in conflict with the US Intelligence Community and Israel would only result in losses.<\/em> <em>It is also worth noting that while the Anglo-Saxons, under the influence of the Jews, are ethnically fond of &#8220;domination,&#8221; the <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Han_Chinese\" ><strong><em>Han Chinese<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> prefer &#8220;<\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/magscholar.com\/joomla\/images\/docs\/ajbr\/ajbrv2n1\/ajbr120006.pdf\" ><strong><em>money<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(Likud&#8217;s Hegemony Expansion\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260102likd.htm\" >\u30ea\u30af\u30fc\u30c9\u7cfb\u306e\u8987\u6a29\u62e1\u5927<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09585192.2011.584406\" ><strong><em>Efficacy of high-performance work practices in Chinese companies<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/cui.edu\/the-franciscan\/articles\/the-han-dynasty-a-golden-age-of-eastern-freedoms\" ><strong><em>The Franciscan &#8211; The Han Dynasty: A Golden Age of Eastern Freedoms<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Given all that as mentioned above, and also given that both Trump and Putin successively visited to China recently, it seems that the US and Russia went to Xi Jinping to praise the CCP&#8217;s voluntary abandonment of hegemony and propose that he join the US-Russia-Israeli hegemony. <strong>The path for the CCP to lead BRICS and inherit the post-war US-UK unilateral hegemony system from the British side has been thwarted.<\/strong><\/em> <em>The Likud faction (i.e. the US, Russia, and Israel), which successfully annihilated China\u2019s path toward its hegemony, is appreciating Xi Jinping and urging him to join the <strong>world order of the US [Trump]-Russia [Putin]-Israel [Netanyahu]<\/strong>. It may be speculated that this is the current situation. Or not?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(The covert struggle between Israel and China\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260213china.php\" >\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u3068\u4e2d\u56fd\u306e\u6697\u95d8<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pism.pl\/publications\/brics-grows-but-economic-cooperation-remains-limited\" ><strong><em>BRICS+ But Economic Cooperation Remains Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09557571.2021.1877616\" ><strong><em>Unpredictability as doctrine: Reconceptualising foreign policy strategy in the Trump era<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Before urging the CCP to join, the US and Israel established a long-term blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, weakening the power of China, one of the main oil and gas importers [through the Strait of Hormuz] in the world.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>The CCP could no longer enter the new world order in a superior position to the US and Russia.<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>Putin.\u00a0 Actually, as mentioned above, he is using RT commentary and attacks on Chinese ships, emphasized to Xi Jinping during his visit, &#8220;It&#8217;s not about Chinese superiority, but about equality between China and Russia. Understand?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> <em>While praising Xi Jinping for agreeing to reduce hegemony, Trump reportedly took some of the top major executives of American companies to China and said to Xi Jinping, &#8220;<strong>If you, China, want to do business with the North and South Americas, you need the US approval. First of all, you should let our American companies make money, right?<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/taiwan-loses-its-strategic-important-18-months-says-chamath-palihapitiya\" >&#8220;Taiwan Loses Its Strategic Importance In 18 Months,&#8221;<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Xi Jinping emphasized to Trump that &#8220;(even if we, China, accept the reduction of\u00a0 the hegemony) <strong>we will never accept Taiwan\u2019s independence.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em> For the CCP, Taiwan is a domestic issue. (Hegemony refers to relations with foreign countries.) Furthermore, another issue the CCP has long insisted on as part of its hegemony concerns is foreign intervention in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legacyias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1.jpeg\" >those countries bordering China (such as Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, etc.)<\/a>, particularly from the US and other foreign countries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2026\/04\/30\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-rubio-that-taiwan-is-the-biggest-risk-factor-in-us-china-relations\/\" >China&#8217;s Foreign Minister To Rubio: Taiwan Is &#8216;Biggest Risk Factor&#8217; In US-China Relations<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounders\/china-taiwan-relations-tension-us-policy-trump\" ><strong><em>Taiwan Explained: Why China Claims It, and Why the U.S. Is Involved<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Regarding this issue of the neighboring countries of China, Trump and Israel have enlisted <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/board-of-peace-members-countries-donald-trump-nations-gaza-11550384\" ><strong><em>neighboring countries of China such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> into the &#8220;<\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Board-of-Peace\" ><strong><em>Peace Council<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>,&#8221; forming a containment network against China.<\/em> <em>Is this merely &#8220;harassment&#8221; from the US and Israel against the CCP, or will it lead to any possible concrete actions by the US and Israel to crush China? <\/em><\/strong>For now, considering the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Board_of_Peace#Structure\" >Peace Council&#8217;s largely ineffective nature<\/a>, it seems to fall under the category of harassment.\u00a0 For now, future developments of this issue should be closely watched.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/02\/trumps-board-of-peace-is-an-institution-for-israeli-hegemony\/\" >(Trump\u2019s \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d Is an Institution for Israeli Hegemony<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/alr\/global\/united-states-israel-palestine\/trump-proposes-bypass-un-security-council\" ><strong><em>Trump Proposes a Bypass to the UN Security Council<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/what-is-trumps-board-peace-who-has-joined-so-far-2026-02-19\/\" ><strong><em>Explainer: What is Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Board of Peace&#8217; and how have nations responded to it?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>BRICS, which has been led by the CCP, ended its foreign ministers&#8217; meeting held in India in mid-May 2026 with <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/war-overshadows-brics-forum-bringing-together-iran-and-uae-in-india\/\" ><strong><em>the pro-Israel UAE and anti-Israel Iran clashing<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. BRICS has split, a stark contrast to around 2023 when it increased its membership and showcased the unity of non-US countries worldwide.<\/em><\/strong> <em>India, the chairing country, has reconciled with China. Nonetheless, <strong>India is now pro-Israel and part of the covert US-Russia-Israel alliance, and is secretly pleased with the weakening of BRICS.<\/strong><\/em><strong> <em>The world led by China is disintegrating.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/brics-summit-cant-muster-joint-statement-iran-war-amid-deepening-division\" >BRICS Summit Can&#8217;t Muster Joint Statement On Iran War Amid Deepening Division<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3346065\/why-has-us-israeli-war-iran-left-brics-speechless\" ><strong><em>Why has the US-Israeli war on Iran left Brics speechless?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-israel-war-with-iran-shows-fault-lines-in-brics-alliance\/a-76412378\" ><strong><em>US-Israel war with Iran shows fault lines in BRICS alliance<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IRstudies\/comments\/1q4f14z\/is_the_brics_currency_project_dead_with_chinas\/\" ><strong><em>Is the BRICS currency project dead with China&#8217;s inability to come to Venezuela&#8217;s assistance?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Xi Jinping&#8217;s China has expanded focusing on its economy, his country appears to have relinquished the hegemony it gained through international political expansion, at the behest of the Likud faction, and returned to the sphere of influence established during the Deng Xiaoping (Hu Jintao) era. As the &#8220;reward,&#8221; Xi Jinping has been given the honor of proposing the US-North Korea reconciliation, leading to the stabilization of the Korean Peninsula. It has been reported that Xi Jinping plans to visit North Korea by early June 2026 to propose a mediation between the US-North Korea reconciliation to Kim Jong-un. Even so, this is not a sudden emerged development.\u00a0 In this regard, Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, visited North Korea in April 2026. It is believed that China confirmed North Korea&#8217;s intentions during the Foreign Minister&#8217;s visit, and then confirmed the US intentions during Trump&#8217;s recent visit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3354299\/chinas-xi-jinping-expected-visit-north-korea-early-next-week\" >China&#8217;s Xi Jinping expected to visit North Korea as early as next week<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/20260507_02\/\" >North Korea, in its March constitutional amendment<\/a>, removed the principle of national reunification with South Korea and explicitly stated that its southern border is with the Republic of Korea. North Korea has acknowledged South Korea as a [<em>sovereign independent<\/em>] state, something it had previously denied, and has abandoned its goal of reunification through North Korea&#8217;s annexation with South Korea. <strong><em>North Korea is creating a situation where the reconciliation and normalization of diplomatic relations are possible if the US and South Korea cease their hostile stance and <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YJmkPcKkiVQ&amp;t=13s\" ><strong><em>tacitly accept North Korea&#8217;s nuclear weapons<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> Trump has long wanted to reduce and withdraw the US troops from South Korea. In addition, the Trump administration has recently stopped demanding North Korea\u2019s abandonment of nuclear weapons, citing the need to &#8220;<em>bring North Korea to dialogue<\/em>.&#8221; <strong><em>While the US government outwardly states that &#8220;the principle of demanding North Korea denuclearize remains unchanged,&#8221; it is highly likely that it will actually tacitly approve North Korea&#8217;s nuclear armament.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/rethinking-north-korea-diplomacy\/\" >Rethinking North Korea diplomacy<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2025\/11\/today-trump-is-talking-to-a-different-north-korea\/\" ><strong><em>Today Trump Is Talking to a Different North Korea<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/east-asia\/article\/3335605\/trump-drops-north-korea-denuclearisation-goal-2026-hints-talks-kim-jong-un\" ><strong><em>Trump drops North Korea denuclearisation goal in 2026, hinting at talks with Kim Jong-un<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Korea, caught in the middle, cannot refuse. <strong><em>If the US and North Korea reconcile, Japan and North Korea will also have no choice but to reconcile with North Korea.<\/em><\/strong><em> In recent years, Russia has been the most supportive of North Korea, but Japan and South Korea, whose oil and gas supplies from the Middle East have been cut off, may also seek reconciliation with Russia, a major oil and gas power.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/north-korea-drops-reunification-goal-from-constitution\/a-77061282\" >North Korea drops reunification goal from constitution<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>That movement, as mentioned above, is not an event that could &#8220;eventually&#8221; happen. It WILL happen soon. While Xi Jinping&#8217;s visit to North Korea and proposal of US-North Korea reconciliation would be a diplomatic achievement for him, it was actually Trump and Putin who laid the groundwork over several years.<\/em> <em>Xi Jinping is being given the honor of mediating the final step of the US-North Korea reconciliation as the reward for cooperating with the US-Russia-Israeli hegemonic system. <strong>During his first term, Trump repeatedly met with Kim Jong-un. This was to counter the plot by the then-powerful British-backed US Intelligence Community, which sought to instigate a war between North Korea and the US-South Korea alliance as a means of obstructing Trump, a covert multi-polarist (anti-British).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(The surprise US-North Korea summit at Panmunjom\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/190629korea.htm\" >\u677f\u9580\u5e97\u3067\u96fb\u6483\u306e\u7c73\u671d\u9996\u8133\u4f1a\u8ac7<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>In his second term, Trump formed a covert US-Russia alliance and entrusted Putin with the role of looking after North Korea. After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Putin faced intense hostility from the US and Europe, which allowed him to deal with North Korea without hesitation.<\/em><\/strong> <em>North Korea operated its munitions factories at full capacity to mass-produce Soviet-style ammunition for use by the Russian military in Ukraine, sent <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.38north.org\/2025\/02\/north-koreas-military-intervention-in-kursk-a-high-casualty-learning-curve\/\" ><em>North Korean soldiers to the Battle of Kursk<\/em><\/a><em> as desired by Russia, and earned $13 billion, nearly a year&#8217;s worth of its GDP.<\/em> Putin thanked North Korea, tolerating its nuclear armament, providing it with nuclear weapons and missile technology, signing a security agreement, and selling it food cheaply. <em>Russia strengthened North Korea in all aspects: military, economic, and international politics.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/05\/11\/north-korea-has-reaped-13bln-from-military-aid-to-russia-south-korean-intelligence-says-a92731\" >North Korea Has Reaped $13Bln From Military Aid to Russia, South Korean Intelligence Says<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<li>(North Korea Becomes a Defender Against the Non-US\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/240501nkorea.htm\" >\u975e\u7c73\u5074\u306e\u9632\u4eba\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u5317\u671d\u9bae<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VN3RMC_q3eI\" ><strong><em>North Korean Troops Aid Russia in Kursk<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>[<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korean_involvement_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022\u2013present)\" ><strong><em>North Korean involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022\u2013present)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before being strengthened by Russia, North Korea relied on economic aid from China. China did not want to confront the US, which views North Korea as an enemy of the US (\u2192 the US would intensify its hostility towards China if it considered it an ally of North Korea).\u00a0 Therefore, China pressured North Korea not to build nuclear weapons. North Korea was dissatisfied with this situation.\u00a0 While receiving food and fuel from China, North Korea continued to develop nuclear weapons and missiles, while maintaining its hostility towards the US and South Korea and advocating for the reunification. Meanwhile, China reluctantly continued to support North Korea because it feared that ceasing aid by China to North Korea might make North Korea radicalized.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(North Korea the uncontrollable\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/140509korea.htm\" >\u5fa1\u3057\u304c\u305f\u3044\u5317\u671d\u9bae<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Then, recently Russia broke this deadlock. North Korea is now permanently valued by Russia. Besides, for North Korea, its national problems have been significantly reduced. It no longer needs to rely on China. The US-led by Trump does not only essentially consider North Korea as an enemy, but also the US is now secretly friendly with Russia. If Xi Jinping does not propose the US-North Korea reconciliation at this time, the US and North Korea may reconcile on their own in the near future. Seeing the actions of the US and Russia, China abandoned its previously cautious stance and, following Foreign Minister Wang Yi&#8217;s visit to North Korea in April, shifted to the stance of accepting North Korea&#8217;s nuclear armament.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/why-china-now-embraces-nuclear-north-korea\" >Why China now embraces a nuclear North Korea<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The US and Russia, along with China, are creating a movement to internationally accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. <\/em><\/strong><em>Japan and South Korea, subservient to the US, will also have no choice but to recognize a nuclear-armed North Korea as a state. <strong>The Korean Peninsula issue will be resolved not through unification, but through the coexistence of North and South Korea as separate states.<\/strong><\/em> <em>After this issue is resolved, US troops will withdraw from Japan and South Korea. As the result, it may become necessary for both Japan and South Korea to strengthen their independent defenses.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/amp\/foreignaffairs\/northkorea\/20260511\/what-happened-to-denuclearizing-north-korea\" >What happened to denuclearizing North Korea?<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The current US-Russia-Israeli hegemony in the emerging multipolar world is dismantling the BRICS world system centered on China, which the British attempted to usurp.\u00a0 In addition, as a byproduct, it could be highly likely this new situation may lead to the resolution of the Korean Peninsula issue (where North Korea remains nuclear-armed).\u00a0 Meanwhile, however, the blockade of Hormuz will be prolonged.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><em>Regarding these issues, let me note as follows: The scale of the on-going transformation of the current world is tremendously large.\u00a0 In addition, many of these trends are difficult to understand and explain, because they are significantly deviating from the conventional understanding of the existing worldview.\u00a0 Despite all that, however, I will continue to explore these issues and explicate them in my future essays.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2026\/05\/07\/south-korea-north-constitution-peace\/\" >South Korea to Seek Peace Despite North\u2019s Revised Constitution<\/a>\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Disclaimers:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Those hyperlinks in some of the paragraphs and those web links with brackets [ ], with the italic letters under some of the paragraphs were added by the translator for the convenience and references for the reader.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The views and\/or opinions in those underlined hyperlinks and those web links with brackets [ ] with the italic letters under some of the paragraphs, added by the translator, do not necessarily reflect those of his. In addition, it is either impossible or unavailable for him to verify the genuineness of the information in those links. He does not take any responsibility for the contents in those relevant links at all. The reader is kindly requested to understand, interpret or judge those views, opinions and\/or information at his or her own responsibility.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Some sentences in the article, deemed important and\/or emphasized in terms of the context, are expressed in the Italic letters, by the translator for the convenience of the reader.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The views and\/or opinions expressed in the above-mentioned article are those of Sakai Tanaka, the original author. His views and\/or opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/\" >Transcend Media Service<\/a>\u201d or \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/\" >TMS<\/a>\u201d (which is a non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/about-peace-journalism\/\" >peace journalism<\/a> website) or those of the translator. Therefore, the reader is kindly requested to understand, interpret or judge those views and\/or opinions at his or her own responsibility.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The original article in Japanese was published more than a few days or a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, the situations and\/or conditions mentioned in the article might have been changed. This also means that the author\u2019s argument expressed and\/or the information provided in the article might have become inadequate or less or least adequate, obsolete, out of date or no longer valid by the time the TMS reader reads the same article in English.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Original author: <\/em><\/strong><em>After graduating from university, <strong>Sakai Tanaka<\/strong> started working at the Kyodo News Agency in 1986. From 1997 he joined Microsoft Network (MSN) and in 1999, due to change of policy at Microsoft, he became an independent journalist. Tanaka has published more than twenty books on international affairs, some translated and published in China, South Korea and Taiwan. He studied at Harvard University from 2000 to 2001 and in 2005 was invited to serve as a senior researcher at the Royal Faisal Institute in Saudi Arabia. <\/em><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/\" ><strong>tanakanews.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translation:<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0 <\/em><em>Satoshi Ashikaga + Google Translate (with some corrections and modifications)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Original in Japanese: <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tanakanews.com\/260523china.htm\" ><em>\u7c73\u9732\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u8987\u6a29\u306e\u5f62\u6210<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latter half of May 2026, President Trump and President Putin successively visited China for meetings with President Xi Jinping. 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