Starvin Larry

It’s perhaps self-evident that the US will come to grief trying to derail China and Russia’s efforts at economic integration in their own Eurasian neighborhood. What’s not so obvious is that the US could get the short end of the stick as the two countries make inroads into Europe. From Federico Pierracini at strategic-culture.org:

Fortunately the world today is very different from that of 2003, Washington’s decrees are less effective in determining the world order. But in spite of this new, more balanced division of power amongst several powers, Washington appears ever more aggressive towards allies and enemies alike, regardless of which US president is in office.

China and Russia are leading this historic transition while being careful to avoid direct war with the United States. To succeed in this endeavor, they use a hybrid strategy involving diplomacy, military support to allies, and economic guarantees to countries under Washington’s…