The revelation came during a Q&A session after a speech at Australia’s National Press Club last week, in which he argued that those spooks responsible for “offensive technologies” don’t realise the unintended consequences of releasing malware into the wild. Video adress: https://www.youtube.com/6tlUvb26DzI
Washington/Wall Street elites - talk about Cold War hubris - always took for granted that Beijing and Moscow would be totally apart. Now puzzlement prevails. Note how the Obama administration's "pivoting to Asia" has been completely erased from the narrative - after Beijing identified it for what it is: a warlike provocation. The new meme is "rebalance".
From arms to energy, Russian influence in the region is growing ever greater – and key to Moscow’s route to dominance is its unique relationship with Beijing
In Northeast Asia, the largest militaries in the world confront each other. Yet, these countries have also begun to create a peace and security system through the Six Party Talks. In the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005, the countries agreed to the d
Henrik Ohlsson i Forum Eurasien 1/11 (?) Great Game 2.0 – rysk offensiv i Centralasien Bildtext: Putin vill utöka Rysslands ekonomiska inflytelsesfär i flera steg. Tullunionen som nyligen ingåtts mellan Ryssland, Vitryssland och Kazakstan (röd markering) utvecklas till en en frihandelszon. I nästa led bjuds även fler OSS-länder in till samarbetet, i första hand Kirgizistan och Tadzjikistan (...) som redan ingår i EurAsEc. " "Ryssland har även skapat ekonomiska och militära samarbeten med Kina inom ramen SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation), som omfattar ungefär samma länder som CSTO och EurAsEc med den skillnaden att även Kina ingår. Dessa samarbeten kan till stor del ses som ett försök att skapa en motvikt till USA och NATO. Men som ofta påpekats föreligger det i grunden en konkurrenssituation också mellan SCO:s två stormakter. Kanske kommer denna konflikt att skärpas och tydliggöras under Putins kommande presidenttid."
"What was different was that it was distinctly China's G20. China did not simply host the G20 for America to sweep in, give its "leadership" and stamp to proceedings, and then to fly off. China, at this G20, made it very plain that it was leading, and to make it clearer still, it made sure that the world should see that the guest of honor was the Russian President, and not the American President (who regrettably experienced some technical difficulties that marred his ceremonial arrival). There was a deeper purpose here: to underline strategic co-ordination with Russia in the context of the display of Chinese leadership. "
"What may emerge in more concrete terms - it is too early to say - is the second strand to President Xi's global vision. In his address to the Chinese Communist Party, Xi said that relations of Russia and China should not be confined solely to economic relations, but rather, these two states should create an alternative military alliance: "we are now witnessing the aggressive actions by the United States against Russia and China. I believe that Russia and China may form an alliance before which NATO will be powerless," Xi said.
TheGuardian 17 April 'What is certain is that Barack Obama's rapacious coup in Ukraine has ignited a civil war and Vladimir Putin is being lured into a trap.' On 23 April, Obama will begin a tour of Asia to promote his "pivot" to China. The aim is to convince his "allies" in the region, principally Japan, to rearm and prepare for the possibility of war with China. By 2020, almost two-thirds of all US naval forces in the world will be transferred to the Asia-Pacific area. This is the greatest military concentration in that vast region since the second world war.
The $400 billion, 40 year oil and gas deal between China and Russia is a response to the new cold war pressure and sanctions on Russia, says economist Michael Hudson
edited by Charles Ganske and authored by Yuri Mamchur, a Russian national, serves as Director of Discovery Institute's Real Russia Project, founded 2005.