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Great powers are learning that restraint is the new measure of strength

RT News · · 1040 words · By Russia Today
Geopolitical Realism Chinese Strategic Restraint US Strategic Decline Russian Resource Conservation
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Black-and-White Fallacy 70% confidence
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The so-called “Great Game” between Russia and Britain in Central Asia is a classic example as a struggle conducted far from European capitals”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly define the 'Great Game' as the 19th-century strategic rivalry between the British and Russian Empires over influence in Central Asia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Game (Russian: Большая игра, romanized: Bolshaya igra) was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Game
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire
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“The United States and the Soviet Union fought indirectly across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, often through proxies. China, too, participated in these struggles.”
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Wikipedia and Britannica confirm the Cold War involved the US and Soviet Union fighting via proxy wars in regional conflicts. One web result explicitly mirrors the claim's wording regarding Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America, including China's participation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Easter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cold War espionage describes the intelligence gathering activities during the Cold War (1947–1991) between the Western allies (primarily the US and Western Europe) and the Eastern Bloc (primarily the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_espionage
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cold War emerged from the breakdown of relations between two of the primary victors of World War II: the United States and Soviet Union, along with their respective allies in the Western Bloc and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_Cold_War
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“by the mid-1980s, the burden of maintaining global influence had become a threat to its own survival [for the Soviet Union].”
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Multiple sources, including a web search on the arms race and the collapse of communism, confirm that the high cost of military parity and maintaining global influence placed a severe strain on the Soviet economy, contributing to its eventual collapse in the 1980s.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Unio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the Soviet Union, a Union Republic (Russian: Сою́зная Респу́блика, romanized: Soyúznaya Respúblika) or unofficially a Republic of the USSR was a constituent federated political entity with a system…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's thi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
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“Beijing is prepared to act decisively where its territorial integrity is concerned, such as Taiwan and the South China Sea”
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Web search results confirm China's assertive approach to sovereignty regarding Taiwan and the South China Sea, specifically mentioning the confiscation of maps that 'misrepresent' these areas to protect territorial integrity.
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web search NEUTRAL — South China Sea is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name is equivalent in almost all European languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea
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web search NEUTRAL — The South China Sea is a major shipping route. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development estimates that over 21% of global trade, amounting to $3.37 trillion, transited through these wate…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349
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web search NEUTRAL — China’s confiscation of 60,000 maps misrepresenting Taiwan and omitting key South China Sea islands underscores Beijing’s assertive approach to sovereignty. Experts warn the move reflects rising tensi…
https://www.firstpost.com/world/china-seizes-60000-maps-misl…
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“Its [China's] military presence abroad is limited, and often more symbolic than substantive.”
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Wikipedia's list of countries with overseas military bases explicitly categorizes China as having 'smaller numbers' of overseas bases compared to major powers, supporting the claim that its presence is limited.
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web search NEUTRAL — Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_oversea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://www.wikipedia.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — China claims all of its recent operations are defensive, but each increases the risk of a military clash, whether intended or not. That appears to be what happened on the night of June 15, when Chines…
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/china-military-india-taiw…
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“This article was first published by Vzglyad newspaper and translated and edited by the RT team.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'article' and a furniture store catalog; there is no evidence regarding the publication history of the specific text in Vzglyad or RT.
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web search NEUTRAL — Browse Article's stylish catalog of contemporary, mid century & modern furniture from world renowned designers at accessible prices. Shop now!
https://www.article.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of ARTICLE is a distinct often numbered section of a writing. How to use article in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/article
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web search NEUTRAL — The sentence ' Paris is the capital city of France' uses the definite article. With French nouns, like 'la maison', it's important to learn the article that goes with the noun.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/article
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