shrubnose
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But the blossoming Chinese/Russian partnership can't be ignored, and the topic of this op is but one aspect of it.I hear ya shrub, and you have a point that no one need panic.
Cooperation with China is extremely important to Russia's international interests. China shares Russia's vision of a future multipolar world structure. In practical terms, that means both countries would like to see a world that is not dominated by only a single power, but one marked by cooperation between several centers of influence and guided by international law and the charter of the United Nations. Behind the ideal of a multipolar world an obvious reality lies hidden: Russia and China, as well as several other states, are large enough to have their own interests and their own approaches to the issues of regional and global development. They are not satisfied with a world order completely dominated by a single major power that does not take their interests into account. However, they are fully content with the post-World War II world structure with its system of international law in which the U.N. Security Council is the highest authority. Their status as permanent members of the Security Council places them on equal standing with the United States – a state that in every other respect is more powerful therefore naturally trying to alter the system that is fettering its possibilities.
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The Unbalanced Triangle | Foreign Affairs
And a multipolar world is better than a unipolar world, even if the unipolar power is the US.
I just checked and today the U.S. Dollar is up again and continuing to go up.
Will it go down eventually? Probably, but right now it's going up.