Mix of focuses between “traditional diminishment of Russia” objectives and the direct threats made by US, in this key security conference.

US efforts to hamstring China are likely to intensify – but Beijing could also benefit from US withdrawal from international commitments or Washington’s alienation of longstanding partners. The survey, for instance, shows that in every G7 country the risk represented by the US has increased more than the perceived risk posed by Russia. The environment, including extreme weather events, is perceived as a greater risk in every country surveyed except the UK and Germany.

It is correct to look to normalizing relations with Russia, and distancing from US in current environment. It will tend to be a slow/quiet process from establishment politics in NATO colonies. By far, the most prescient shift establishment parties can make for electoral chances against “far right” (nato skeptics being their most dangerous ideology) is resistance to US demands instead of continued/increased sycophancy.