Can Germany, Austria, and Switzerland stay neutral amid rising Sino-Russian threats?

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Western security and the post-1945 democratic-led international system face growing threats. The war in Ukraine is only the tip of the iceberg for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imperial appetite. Putin denies these ambitions to Western media but salivates about them to Russian audiences. Take Putin’s “I’m a modern-day Peter the Great” threats toward Estonia, for example. Similarly, while China’s war on the West might currently be reserved to a vast campaign of influence and espionage in the shadows, Chinese President Xi Jinping views Taiwan’s subjugation as an almost divine responsibility. Xi also views the South China Sea as his private...