{"id":3222,"date":"2024-10-16T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:58:52","slug":"ukraine-conflict-will-end-when-us-says-so-former-czech-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/ukraine-conflict-will-end-when-us-says-so-former-czech-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine conflict will end when US says so \u2013 former Czech president"},"content":{"rendered":"
A hegemonic power tends to create chaos and violence as it is being replaced, Vaclav Klaus believes<\/strong><\/p>\n Veteran Czech politician Vaclav Klaus expects Ukraine and Russia to remain locked in armed conflict until the US chooses to stop the hostilities.<\/p>\n Klaus was the second president of the Czech Republic between 2003 and 2013, having previously served as prime minister and held a range of cabinet portfolios. He shared his grim view of the Ukraine conflict with the online media outlet XTV last week.<\/p>\n \u201cThe end of the war in Ukraine will come the moment when the falling hegemon of world politics says that the war must end,\u201d<\/em> he told host Lubos Xaver Vesely.. Klaus declined to make any predictions as to when this might happen, but said he expects Ukraine and Russia \u201cto bleed for some more time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>The Czech politician had previously expressed concern about the so-called Thucydides\u2019s Trap that may be guiding Washington. The term was coined by American political scientist Graham Allison to describe a tendency for a dwindling great power to go to war when its place at the top is threatened by an emerging rival.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n