... years ago as the first international organization to emerge outside Western control and free from its legal-political influence since the conclusion of the 1949-1991 Cold War. Moreover, security issues were being tackled from day one—something that ASEAN—the closest example when it comes to relative independence—never even considered taking up seriously. In other words—Greater Eurasian states have long showcased their unique ability to make foreign and domestic policy decisions autonomously—something that is indeed quite rare in our day and age.
Yet this very independence is what renders it impossible to view their ...
... with Russia, China and even India.
As for Southeast Asia, we are also seeing an increase in interstate competition, which is most clearly manifested in the conflict between China and the Philippines, as well as the general crisis in the development of ASEAN. Also, we cannot lose sight of the explosive potential of interstate relations in Northeast Asia, where Japan and South Korea can act as conductors of US influence. In other words, the peripheral zones of Greater Eurasia are quite noticeably making themselves factors that hinder even the internal stabilisation of this huge region. And so far, the question of how to interact with these factors remains unanswered, since it seems completely impossible to ...