Xi’s recent three-day visit with Putin in Moscow brought with it several takeaways.

China and Russia are deepening their relationship on multiple levels – security, economics, energy, politics, science, technology, manufacturing, space, and health, to name a few. This means that US policymakers do not have the luxury of separating the threats of China and Russia due to both men’s ‘no limits’ friendship.

This new reality is a flashing red-light warning to American lawmakers who argue for withdrawing support for Ukraine in return for a pivot to the Pacific to focus solely on China, in other words, the Ukraine-Russia and Taiwan-China challenges...