Mad Minerva
Russia's Foolish Alliance with China?
posted Wednesday, 22 March 2006
An interesting perspective on the Russia-China relationship by the folks at Korea Liberator.
The core of the post is this:
By cooperating with China, Russia is hoping to retain its influence, or even control, of its past empire in Central Asia and the Caucasus. What Russian leaders seem unable to understand, however, is that American influence in Central Asia is far less dangerous for Russia than an economically and militarily powerful China will be in the future. |
That statement depends greatly on how you define "dangerous," I suppose. What do you think of all this, gentle reader?
Questions, comments, snide remarks?