Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Interesting article, if the translation is faithful to the original.
The author made an allusion to the Eurozone incorporating Russia into it and being on China's doorstep, which for China is a bad hand to be forced to play. That is the position I was advocating for in the 90's : with the wall down, embrace Russia, bring them into team NATO, because the real power problem is in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean littoral) ... and nobody wanted to hear it..
Agreed 100%, the shock at the stupidity of triumphalism and screwing Russia via the IMF when the Soviet Union collapsed is still with me. What a missed opportunity and it lead directly to what we have now.