The US analytical publication The National Interest wrote about the possible outcome of the alliance between China and Russia. While none of the Western publications have stopped discussing the topic of Russian military intervention in solving the Syrian issue, very few media have paid attention to the fact that China may also join the fight. Such a turn of events seems unlikely to Western analysts, but the facts prove otherwise. Joint Russian-Chinese drills were held in the Black Sea just a few months ago, and the strategic partnership between Russia and China continues to gain momentum.
For years, experts have not taken seriously the possibility of full-scale cooperation between Moscow and Beijing due to a number of historical contradictions. For example, the development of bilateral energy projects has not proceeded sufficiently fast, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has not been taken into account as a serious political union until recently. However, Western strategists cannot close their eyes to the fact that the strengthening of Russian-Chinese relations both in strategic and economic terms inevitably leads to the creation of a Eurasian colossus led by two powerful states.
Regular mutual visits by the leaders of the two countries and bilateral meetings are friendly and open, which cannot but alarm the West. The US and NATO have little chance of confronting both Russia with its enormous potential, and China separately, and together these two states represent a real threat to America's prestige, not only in the Middle East, but throughout the world.
China, of course, remains an independent and influential power, but it still leans towards an alliance with Russia, and is likely to support the Kremlin's policies in the Middle East, aimed at achieving a balance of power. The assurances made by the Western analysts, that the two states cannot be in a closer relationship than a friendship, are likely to prove that the West fears such a rapprochement, but it has no means or leverage to prevent it.
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The independent US publication Zero Hedge wrote that the triumphant march of Russia in the Middle East has continued, after Afghanistan asked for military assistance. Earlier this month, the Obama administration announced that the US would not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, although it was planned that the US military contingent would leave the territory of the country by 2017. The move underlines the failure of US foreign policy, as well as revealing Washington's concern that Russia will finally put an end to US influence in the Middle East.
After the Kremlin finally decided to restore order in the region and put an end to the many-year conflict, there was the threat of a collapse of the Middle East policy of Washington that has been implemented for decades. By asking its ally, Russia, for help, Afghanistan has given another reason for the Kremlin to celebrate its triumphant comeback to world politics as a peacemaker and an ally of the countries where US intervention has resulted in serious and deep crises.
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