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Russia and China should work more closely to prevent international relations from returning to the era of power poli- tics when the countries’sovereignty was violated with impunity by the US.迷你倉價錢The White House seems to be have become a little nervous in recent years. It looks like some “minor annoyances”,such as the setbacks of anti-govern- ment forces in Syria, former National Security Agency operative Edward Snowden’s revelations, and some domestic problems, have pushed US President Barack Obama to take sharp steps and issue strong statements.Perhaps the developments have also prompted Obama to declare the Unit- ed States’ commitment to power poli- tics, although he has used democracy and justice to justify such expressions.h e expos� of Washington’s surveil- lance program by Snowden didn’tforce the US to turn cold toward Rus- sia. It was something more than that.Russia, like China, does not share the White House’s conviction that only Washington has the right to decide the fate of the world, and refuses to follow the US’ dictates in international rela- tions. h e US is set to launch attacks on Syria, and in the process it would like once again to discredit its two main policy opponents, Russia and China, in the eyes of the American public and people across the rest of the world. h e US aims to use the Snowden case — that Russia has granted him asylum — and the base- less accusation against China as an “Internet spy” to discredit them.h e fact is that all developed coun- tries have Internet spying networks.But ordinary people have come to real- ize the seriousness of the problem only at er Snowden’s revelations.h e US has the most potent Inter- net spying network in the world, and it uses its connections with telecom giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo, YouTube and Skype to snoop into people’s lives. h e hype created by the US over Russian and Chinese Internet espionage networks is also an attempt to divert attention from its own activi- ties. h e technique of accusing others to divert attention from one’s own wrongdoings is as old as the times.h e US uses its powerful propaganda machine to divert attention from its own dirty work.Despite all this, Russia-US relations are not likely to deteriorate to a point of no return, even though their bilat- eral ties are incomplete and diversii ed.It’s true that the Russia-US trade vol- ume in 2012 was just more than $28 billion, one-third of that between Rus- sia and China. And the US is not even among the top 10 foreign investors in Russia, with the volume of accumu- lat迷你倉最平d American investment in the Rus- sia dropping over the past i ve years by about $500 million. But despite the relative economic weakness of Russia and the unimpressive Russia-US eco- nomic ties, Washington cannot ignore Moscow, especially because of the pos- sibility of joint Russia-China actions in the international arena.In contrast to Russia-US ties, eco- nomic relations are central to Sino-US ties, though economic interdepen- dence is not the only criterion for a peaceful long-term relationship. h ere is more to bilateral relations than trade. For example, China and the US follow dif erent ideologies and have dif erent social systems, and some people even say they have a trust dei - cit. But still they are each other’s major trade partners. Which means genuine trust is impossible without mutual understanding between countries.For Russia and China both, social and political stability at home is most crucial, and they earnestly believe that domestic problems have to be solved domestically. h is has been the driv- ing factor in the relationship. h e US being a global power has become used to solving its domestic problems at the expense of other countries, shit ing the focus of its citizens to external threats to US interests, regardless of whether they are real or construed.h e US’ recent policy moves should force Russia to think seriously about the its policy toward China. h e US, which is known to defend its own interests in international relations, is now reluctant to talk with Russia on equal terms. So Russia and China should work more closely to coordi- nate their actions on the global stage to prevent international relations from returning to the era of power politics when the countries’ sovereignty was violated with impunity by the US.In today’s world, Russia-China strate- gic partnership acts like a political union for advancement of peace and prosperity in the world. Although this union is not dei ned by special agreement and doesn’thave a “military” prei x attached to it, the two countries do face some common political threats because of the deteriorat- ing international order.I am convinced that the use of mili- tary force worsens existing situations.So Russian-Chinese military exercises should not be more than an examina- tion of their respective potentials. h is is what any independent state should do to restore the international order.h e author is director of Institute of His- tory, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.迷你倉