"It is imperative that no Eurasian challenger emerges, capable of dominating Eurasia and thus and thus also of challenging America”. Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1997.
“a grand bargain between Washington, Moscow and Beijing.” I gather that my comment may have come across as impolite for which I apologize. I believe your working hypothesis is valid and such a grand bargain would be beneficial for everyone. But I also believe that is not possible because, especially in the US, cycles are extremely short. That was the gist of my comment.
Nice try, we can always dream! Trump has barely 6 months left before the midterms and then, he’ll have his hands tied, se he better hurry.
He'd better hurry to do what, exactly?
“a grand bargain between Washington, Moscow and Beijing.” I gather that my comment may have come across as impolite for which I apologize. I believe your working hypothesis is valid and such a grand bargain would be beneficial for everyone. But I also believe that is not possible because, especially in the US, cycles are extremely short. That was the gist of my comment.
I agree. The short cycles are fatal to strategic thinking, let alone planning. Execution, of course, is another matter.