Anita Inder Singh
Politics, Eurasia
Its interests remain firmly concentrated in Europe.
News that Russia is strengthening its air and missile defenses in the Baltic, Crimea and Far East—and Russia’s wish to preserve its global status—suggest that its dismissal of its so-called “pivot” to Asia should be taken seriously by the United States and its NATO allies. And some widespread assumptions about that pivot having taken place after the imposition of western sanctions on Russia for invading and dismembering Ukraine in 2014 do not stand up to scrutiny.
As a unique country in terms of geopolitical location (according to the Kremlin) and as …read more
Source: The National Interest
