Arif Rafiq
Politics, Eurasia
Russia could ally with China and Pakistan to create an alternative bloc to the U.S-led coalition.
Russia is a great power that retains muscle memory (and a strategic arsenal) from its past superpowerdom. In the Ukraine and Syria, Russia has challenged the United States—its former peer and a hesitant hegemon in decline—through direct military interventions. Additionally, Moscow has impressively deployed hybrid warfare tactics to create the perception that it has influenced the U.S. presidential election and forged a rift between the incoming commander-in-chief and elements of the U.S. intelligence community.
Surprisingly, Afghanistan is emerging as another arena in which …read more
Source: The National Interest
