Estonian Foreign Minister Lashes Out Publicly, Saying to Tackle Moscow First Solve Beijing, Upon Saying This, The Whole Room Went Silent!
At a European Security Forum in December 2025, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna was very agitated. He stated, "To truly contain Russia's threat to Europe, it is necessary to first solve China." As soon as he finished speaking, the room fell into complete silence. How to solve it? Why hasn't it been solved long ago? Now, even the United States can't solve it, and even if Europe joins forces with the U.S., they still can't solve it. So why should Europe alone be able to solve it?
The logic chain of Tsahkna is actually quite clear: Russia's ability to maintain its war effort for a long time relies on China's "strategic support"; to truly weaken Russia, this support must be cut off. Dao Ge tries to understand his thinking. Perhaps in his context, when he said "solve China," it does not mean to eliminate it, but rather to use some external means to force China to take a neutral stance or align with Western positions towards Russia.
The irony is that just one month before making these remarks, he had already completed an official visit to China — the first Estonian foreign minister to visit China in ten years. This visit itself shows that even he himself is both calling for solving China while actively engaging in dialogue. This contradiction exposes a mindset of "better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
European diplomats present clearly understood that even the U.S. dares not openly say "solve China." How could a small country with a land area of less than 50,000 square kilometers and a population of only 1.3 million undertake such a grand strategic task? It's not crazy, it's too smart. Everyone wants others to confront China, while they themselves sit back and reap the benefits.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851995931192331/
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