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Tread softly, US-Russia dalliance is resuming

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2013

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Indian Punchline

2nd April, 2013

The Russian-American dalliance is one of the most enchanting moments for any longtime observer of the tumultuous relationship. Things can be very misleading unless one goes real slow in making judgments. To be sure, our pundits who see the spectre that is haunting India to be a Sino-Russian alliance and the antidote being anIndian alliance with the US and Japan had better take out their abacus for a quick recount. Great-power politics never runs along straight lines. In fact, the curves are what really matter.

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