Between Russia's annexation of the Crimea and China's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea and the Pacific in general, you begin to wonder if Moscow and Beijing are coordinating their actions. Toss in Iran and you have another Axis powers. If India remains faithful to their BRIC partners, you will have nearly a third of the world's population and a good chunk of its oil reserves in a bloc that encompasses most of Asia.
US SecDef Chuck Hagel was treated to a tour of China's first aircraft carrier and then bluntly told that "China cannot be contained." The pivot to Asia is being seen by China as a threat but with Russia probing westward, that pivot might be a little slower and the downsizing US armed forces stretched out all over the world.
Sometimes,the world is a little too interesting....
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