Amongst
the several uncertainties that the year has dawned with. A crucial one
remains - The outcome of Trumps inclination towards Russia. Some say
this “Nixon going to China” like move falls in the bigger framework of
the policy for Chinese containment.The Pendulum Swings:
The
Russo-Sino ideological disputes are long gone and several other core
issues have also been dealt with. It appears that while the separation
from the Soviet Union by most states was to decentralise power, it was
not aimed at total isolation or disowning states. Apart, from the Baltic
states - which are now under NATO’s guardianship - most of the other
newly independent states sought to re-emerge under an ‘EU-like’
structure for security and economic development. Though for most part,
the ride has been pretty bumpy.
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