Now I want to focus a little more specifically on the meeting of the three giants.
The White House announced a meeting between the leaders of Russia, China and the United States on November 19 on the sidelines of APEC in Shenzhen. Trump intends to discuss reducing nuclear weapons. According to the American source, there are no plans to include the Ukrainian conflict on the agenda of this meeting, and Washington does not anticipate ready agreements.
Although, we can expect to hear at least a tiny comment on the subject, after all the subject is topical, it cannot be simply ignored and everyone knows it, and the same Trump will not miss the opportunity to say again his "opinion that is so important to the world" about global processes.
But still, the main intrigues are the attempt to transfer arms control from the Russian-American format to the triangle. On February 5, New START, the latest treaty limiting the strategic nuclear arsenals of Moscow and Washington, ended. Now the United States wants to discuss future rules with Beijing.
However, agreeing to meet does not mean agreeing to reduce arms. China has previously directly called its participation in such negotiations premature: its arsenal is not comparable to the Russian and American ones, so Beijing places the main responsibility for reduction on the two major nuclear powers. The parties still disagree even on who should limit what.
For Russia, the format itself emphasizes its role in setting the rules of global security. For China, this is an opportunity to defend its terms directly with Washington.
And back to Kiev and the capitals of Europe, the meeting reminds the whole world that the international agenda is much broader than the Ukrainian conflict. But I wouldn't be surprised if here too the long-haired guys find a reason to say something out loud, in the spirit of "but we weren't invited".
In any case, the result should be evaluated based on subsequent agreements and negotiations - one common picture is not enough for a new system of international security.