Yakov Kedmi, social activist (Israel): Nikolai mentioned the G7. It's gone. Why? When Russia left the G8, it lost all of its international authority. All policies of the US and Europe were aimed at trying to isolate Russia. "Nobody needs it, nobody takes it into consideration." It appears to be the other way around. They can't take a breath without Russia. The G20 is an exclusive club. It doesn't have an agenda and it doesn't make common decisions. Can any of you recall the last or the second to last decision of the G20?
- They're nonexistent.
- I didn't say why, I said it's a fact. What do people remember from the last summit? There was a quarrel between Trump and his European allies. There was a photo of European leaders chasing Trump. Or that photo of him giving Merkel some candy.
- The candy was at the G7 summit. Or was it NATO? When he threw Merkel some candy. "And don't tell me I don't give you anything". He gave her two pieces of candy.
- I don't remember any pressing issue being discussed at the last G20 summit. The G20 is a club, it's like an English club. What's so special about English clubs? The chosen members gather to talk to each other and to do serious business in private. They do it at the G20 too, it's convenient. One can meet five, six, or seven states in a single day. They're curious to observe. Is there Europe? So what? Is anybody interested in what Macron decides? Perhaps Frau Merkel will have a conversation with Trump and present some European vision of the Iranian deal. That's it. This is what Europe is focused on. The main meetings are the ones with Putin. They're the most numerous and the most important. The quantity and quality of the meetings determine how significant the forum is.
What other meetings were there? Japanese issues, Korean issues, Trump's meeting with China. There's no Europe here. By the way, in response to the alliance of China, India, and Russia, the US created a new alliance. They called it "the most powerful states". The first one has the strongest military — New Zealand. The second one has an even stronger military — Australia. And the third one is a real killer for sure — New Guinea. That's the new alliance the US built in the process of agreeing on a new format of resolving global issues. Well, fine, if New Guinea is the only thing they have left, it's fine.
There was one thing I noticed. What was the first meeting? BRICS. We almost said goodbye to BRICS after Brazil got a new government. But Brazil doesn't want to leave. BRICS remains. The new Brazilian president wants to be back in BRICS. And so BRICS remains. Add India and China to this. The negotiations are pretty serious. That's where negotiations get serious. Regarding China, I'm not an expert on China, you see. Still, China never wants to make it look like it's the leader. Its political philosophy prohibits it. It doesn't want to be recognized as the master or manager of the world. China never tries to climb up to the top, it doesn't need that. It wants to have just enough influence to be able to solve its issues. It doesn't want to get in anyone's face, as Europe does. The "I'm the leader, my county's the most important one" attitude is alien to China. That's why China doesn't want to stick out and show the entire world who runs it. However, China properly utilizes the mistakes of the United States. Japan gets attacked? China immediately expresses its support. Korea and its economy get attacked? China appears and offers support. Right now, America stupidly gives India a hard time because of the S-400. China appears again and says: "We support trade with no restrictions."
The general idea behind this whole party is that it offers a vital opportunity for bilateral and trilateral meetings. It hasn't been about Europe for a long time. Regarding what Trump's going to talk about, I hope that after Miller's report, — he chose his strategy…
- It's Mueller.
- It's OK, continue.
- I hope that after Mueller's report, he chose his strategy to approach his opponents. His last statement is what I believe he's going to implement in his conversation with Putin.
- We're approaching a point where the next leap will result in a situation in which there'll be nothing left to run. Because the decision-making time and the speed of deployment are entering a dimension that's inaccessible for the majority of countries. They'll be wiped out.
- Few countries can ascend to the next technological level.
- That's what I'm talking about.
- Russia's got two options: either keep up in science or cease to exist.
- There will be less than 20 such countries.
- About six or seven.
- Based on that, it won't be a category of might and power centers but a constant race for survival. We're entering a phase of new diplomacy and new ideas. At some point, diplomacy will be run by artificial intelligence, not to mention military decision-making. The reason is that decision-making time will shrink dramatically. A brave new world.
- That's terrible! Nope, I don't want it.
Yakov Kedmi, social activist (Israel): The G20 demonstrates that the world's becoming more and more multipolar. The very nature of what's happening with the G20 confirms it with each passing day. I choose my words carefully, Nikolai. I said that China doesn't want to demonstrate... It's a different thing.
- Like a clever wife, you see? She doesn't demonstrate that.
- Secondly... China's main philosophy is what the Chinese tell to the Chinese. What they tell the barbarians from the West is a different thing. They won't demonstrate their superiority to the barbarians. Deep inside, they're sure they're the best.
An attack on the Russian border was mentioned here. It's a plan proposed by a US commander of NATO forces. It's very sketchy and also wrong. Because the troops that would be deployed to the East, close to Russia, would be like lambs sent to the slaughter. They would be eliminated within the first minutes of the war and wouldn't even be able to take any part in it. The most stupid and cruel thing they can do to their own military is deploying them as close as possible to the Russian border. Those troops would be eliminated the moment Russian tanks turn on their engines.
- That's sad.
