Russia

“Thousands of terrorists and fundamentalists will seek refuge in Afghanistan…”

“Moscow is pivoting to Asia out of its primary national interest: survival.”

With Russia intensifying its regional diplomacy and America ‘rebalancing’ to the Pacific, both nations have much to gain by working together.

Some analysts have written off Russia’s claim to being an Asia-Pacific power. They do so at their peril.

Moscow is turning to financially vulnerable South Pacific nations to promote its foreign policy agenda thousands of miles away.

After decades of the West using the concept, Beijing is turning the tables.

With the world’s great powers calling, factionalism is increasingly present among island nations of the Pacific. It could be trouble.

Chinese leaders have displayed more self-control when it comes to sovereignty issues than their counterparts in Asia.

From May to September 1939, the USSR and Japan fought an undeclared war involving over 100,000 troops. It may have altered world history.

Russia’s naval base at Tartus provides multiple benefits Moscow may not so easily give up.

Some may want to merge IBSA and BRICS. India, Brazil, and South Africa should resist.

If the U.S. wants to successfully ‘pivot’ to Asia, the Obama Administration needs a more consistent approach.