Political Scientist: Marco Rubio's Position On Lukashenka May Be Radical

The Florida senator is a supporter of tough pressure on the regime.

US President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Florida senator Marco Rubio for the post of Secretary of State.

The Florida senator is a supporter of tough pressure on Lukashenka.

The Charter97.org website asked political expert, head of the Ukrainian Center for Military and Legal Studies Oleksandr Musienko to assess the nomination of Marco Rubio for the post of US Secretary of State:

— I'll start with the fact that Marco Rubio is a decisive person. He was attentive and responsible in his duties in the Senate.

Rubio also has a good grasp of the situation on international issues, and takes an active anti-Chinese position in terms of China's influence on world events and the fact that China is challenging the United States.

I'll note that regarding Ukraine, Rubio spoke about the need to look for “paths to negotiations”. But it seems to me that as soon as he is convinced that the China-Russia connection works quite closely and that China is trying to influence events in Europe, trying to separate European unity, using it to its advantage, then the US position regarding China and its satellites (including Belarus) will be quite radical.

I do not rule out that Rubio will try to implement a policy aimed at, say, separating Russia from China and thus trying to do what Kissinger and Nixon did in the 70s, when they, in fact, sent China to contain the USSR.

But I will say right away that there is one snag: this policy does not tie in with the slogan Make America Great Again. After all, it will be necessary to pay. China pays Putin for gas, and if the Russian Federation wants to sell gas to Europe, then this will still become competition for the US. Plus, China is involved in many other economic projects.

Whether the US will want to participate in them is a question. Therefore, I think that Rubio will pursue a policy more aimed at containing China and focused on the Indo-Pacific region. However, it is really a matter of time before they see the true face of Putin's aggression and understand that they cannot do without containing Russia.

I do not rule out that the sanctions policy towards Lukashenka's regime will be strengthened. Nor do they rule out additional assistance to Ukraine, by the way, in terms of containing Russian aggression.

I would not advise Lukashenka to relax.

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