This week's Russian move to deploy cruise missiles on the disputed Kurils takes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's assertion of sovereignty over Japan's claim to the islands from rhetoric to a concrete military step. Behind the deployment are Russian worries about a possible United States-China concord dominating the East Asian geopolitical stage; angst that cannot be dismissed. - M K Bhadrakumar
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Kurils: The great game in the Asia-Pacific
Kurils: The great game in the Asia-Pacific

This week's Russian move to deploy cruise missiles on the disputed Kurils takes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's assertion of sovereignty over Japan's claim to the islands from rhetoric to a concrete military step. Behind the deployment are Russian worries about a possible United States-China concord dominating the East Asian geopolitical stage; angst that cannot be dismissed. - M K Bhadrakumar
This week's Russian move to deploy cruise missiles on the disputed Kurils takes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's assertion of sovereignty over Japan's claim to the islands from rhetoric to a concrete military step. Behind the deployment are Russian worries about a possible United States-China concord dominating the East Asian geopolitical stage; angst that cannot be dismissed. - M K Bhadrakumar
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