Neutrality Studies [Back issue] Russia & China United: The USA Made Kissingers Nightmare Come True | Prof. Rein Müllerson
Oct 22, 2025
In this discussion, Prof. Rein Müllerson, former president of the Law School of Tallinn University and international law expert, delves into the shifting superpower dynamics and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He critiques Western hypocrisy, explores the roots of the Ukraine war, and argues for neutrality as a tool for de-escalation. Müllerson highlights the growing alignment between Russia and China and the challenges this poses to U.S. hegemony, while emphasizing the emerging multipolar reality and the benefits of non-alignment for smaller nations.
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War Accelerated Multipolar Reconfiguration
- The Ukraine war accelerated a geopolitical and geoeconomic shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order.
- Western mistakes and overstretch helped drive closer Russia–China cooperation that challenges US hegemony.
Interference Undermined Trust
- Western interference in post-Soviet states, including visible US involvement in Ukraine's 2014 politics, violated non-interference norms.
- Such actions eroded trust and contributed to the geopolitical backlash Russia cites as a root cause of conflict.
McCain's 2014 Support On TV
- Müllerson recalls watching Senator John McCain publicly back Ukraine's opposition in 2014 on TV.
- He uses the example to show how such external endorsements feel unimaginable in other contexts and violate non-interference norms.