US Decline is a Golden Chance for Russia
Alexei Bayer, The Moscow Times | July 17, 2008
With a military budget larger than the rest of the world's combined, the US is still undeniably world’s greatest superpower. ++ However, there are clear signs that its empire is overreaching itself and the whole system starting to crack. ++ Russia is the only state with a nuclear weapons arsenal that equals America’s. ++ Russia's political and military leaders should pay attention to alarming signals of US decline; if they play it right they might have a chance to make Russia “a pivotal piece in the next global strategic realignment.”
