What, one wonders, goes through the head of a Russian diplomat assigned an ambassadorial posting to Australia, the country the Russians inexplicably call the “green continent”? He would know that it’s not a sought-after position: Canberra registers only faintly on the radar screen of Russia’s priorities. He would recall immediately that Australia is part of zapad, “the West,” and moreover, is in a military alliance with the country presented by the Russian state-controlled media as Russia’s main enemy. That could be a plus, because it means that the Russian military and security agencies do take an interest.As he prepared for …read more
Source:: The American Interest
