This is an important post geopolitically and geostrategically. It not only articulates Russia's likely take on it, it is quite accurate in my view also.
In the end, the US cannot prevent Eurasia uniting economically from the shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Mediterranean to the Arctic.
North America is simply not positioned geographically to be able to do this longterm, and the US will sap itself by trying to do so, if it doesn't spark a nuclear conflagration that could easily render the entire Northern Hemisphere uninhabitable for centuries.
RT
Berlin and Paris look East: How close are we to a Common Economic Space?
Also
In an interview for Sputnik, Dr. Xu Jin, Director of the Department of International Politics at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, laid down his vision of the Chinese perspective on geopolitics, noting that Russian-Chinese relations serve as a model for relations between great powers....
Xu emphasized that in the Asia-Pacific region, "Russia and China can cooperate to deal with many problems, such as terrorism in Central Asia, or Japan's desire to violate the basic international principles set after WWII." He noted that in Asia, "Russia is China's most important partner, because a good Sino-Russian relationship means a stable strategic rear."
Sputnik
Cooperation With Russia Allows China to Focus on East Asia – Analyst
As soon as relations with Iran are normalized, Tehran will be admitted to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); currently it enjoys observer status. Washington dreads the move – as it will advance Iran’s Eurasian integration, and solidify a Moscow-Tehran-Beijing political/commercial axis.
Russia already does very good business with Iran – from nuclear plants to weapons sales. No US deal with Iran will come through without a tacit Russian acquiescence – and the Americans know it. Beijing, for its part, tends to cling to the status quo – as in not desiring Tehran to get any closer to the West because that would mean a freer hegemon in its "pivoting to Asia" mode, which China, correctly, identifies as containment.
Further on down the road, Tehran can use a rapprochement with the West to increase its bargaining power with Beijing. Assuming a deal is reached this summer, Tehran will be in an excellent position to extract concessions – on the economy, security, defense – from its Chinese partners. But the name of the game remains Eurasian integration....
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