I think everyone in Europe is keen on "mutually beneficial economic exchange with Russia and China" but I think that recent history demonstrates that Russia and China have different views from us about what mutually beneficial means.

>Putin, repeatedly, has been shown to be a reliable, and predictable partner

Oh come on:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Vrb%C4%9Btice_ammunition_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bounty_program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Montenegrin_coup_d%27%C3%...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_independence_movement#...

and many other gigs!