Sur le blog « The Interpreter » du Lowy Institute for International Policy (Sydney), une analyse de l’activité accrue de la Russie dans le Pacifique Sud.
Entre autres, quatre navires de la Flotte du Pacifique sont actuellement en mer de Corail.
Russia has also been flexing its muscle globally, leading many commentators to ask whether we’re facing a ‘revanchist’ Russia intent on reasserting itself in world affairs. There are signs beyond the flotilla in the Coral Sea that Russia is becoming more activist, at least in the Asia Pacific. As Russia’s Ambassador to Washington said last week, ‘You are pivoting to Asia but we’re already there.’
So what does it all mean?
Sur le blog « The Interpreter » du Lowy Institute for International Policy (Sydney), une analyse de l’activité accrue de la Russie dans le Pacifique Sud.
Entre autres, quatre navires de la Flotte du Pacifique sont actuellement en mer de Corail.
Russia has also been flexing its muscle globally, leading many commentators to ask whether we’re facing a ‘revanchist’ Russia intent on reasserting itself in world affairs. There are signs beyond the flotilla in the Coral Sea that Russia is becoming more activist, at least in the Asia Pacific. As Russia’s Ambassador to Washington said last week, ‘You are pivoting to Asia but we’re already there.’
So what does it all mean?
Regardless of the debate about how much hard power the Russian Navy’s ships actually represent (though this is the largest uninvited fleet off Australia’s coast in several decades) Russia has been behaving in a manner not seen since the Cold War. It is consistently sending a message to the West that it retains global reach and expects to be treated as a global player. We should take note that it expects to be treated as power with Pacific interests too.
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