Russia is an Asian Power Too: Japan Understands, But Does the United States?

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 21:22 (EET) Section: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (USA)

Washington’s two recent big summits occurred as if they were in two different worlds. First, President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, where the two leaders’ conversation focused on trade and North Korea. Then, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Moscow, where he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traded allegations over the chemical weapons attack in Syria. The two summits were linked by concern about hotspots like Syria and North Korea, yet not by a unified strategy. But so long as it fails to see Russia in an Asian context, Washington will struggle to develop a …read more

Source: The German Marshall Fund of the United States