China and Russia act in accordance with their own interests, which are not always identical. For ... ... Arctic: 6.8 million square kilometers of sea, declaring it the polar territory of the USSR. As a result, the territory of the Soviet Union grew from the furthermost continental... ... with Washington and a sharp decline in relations with its NATO allies.
China is thousands of miles away from the Arctic, so its interests in the region differ widely from...
... I came upon this Oscar Wilde quote: “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
While going through my archived ... ... replay some actions. Surely something went wrong at some point if Russia is now once again pitted against the United States, has ... ... War.
Had Gorbachev not come to power, the transformation of the USSR’s politics, economy and military known as perestroika would ... ... beginning of perestroika, the leadership was inundated with thousands of letters from ordinary people asking: Why are we involved ...
... international practice? There certainly were many such events, but the past twelve months converted quantity into ultimate quality, and Russia’s politics has yet to comprehend their implications.
Until recently Moscow believed that despite the obvious asymmetry ... ... suddenly everything began to crumble. Russia is affected, too. Its policy throughout the post-Soviet period, despite Western accusations of revisionism, was motivated by the desire to preserve or recreate the status quo that existed before the dramatic breakup ...
