“Russia’s relations with China and India: Strategic partnerships, yes; strategic alliances, no,” by Andrew C. Kuchins, Demokratizatsiya (Find Article), Spring 2001.
Article excerpt
In the first post-cold war decade, the international system has experienced a period of relative peace among the great powers not seen since the Concert of Europe after the Napoleonic wars nearly two hundred years ago. The United States is enjoying a period of international dominance even greater than that after World War II, and there is no imaginable competitor on the horizon for at least a decade or two. The most economically and technologically advanced countries in Europe and Asia, which aligned with the United States during the cold war, continue to ride the bandwagon of U.S. power. …