Geopolitics and the East

The increasing closer relations between the West and the Ukraine is a cause 
for Russian
anxiety. The more parts of what was, for all intents and purposes,  the  
Soviet Empire
grow closer to the West the more Russian options are diminished. Such 
developments weaken
Russia's hand in its relationship to the West. Russia is concerned over the 
growing
eastward drive of Western control and influence. Clearly the ultimate goal 
of the West is
the subjugation of both Russia and China to western imperialist interests. 
If Russia and
China are reduced to mere minor powers in the East then Western imperialism 
will have
clear and distinct hegemony. Consequently this will reflect itself in a 
radical change of
foreign policy regionally and even globally.

In short if Russia and China are reduced to the status of minor regional 
powers the
character of international relations will take a new turn.

The role of Turkey is of decisive importance in the regional politics in 
this part of
Asia. Turkey has been apparently attempting to expand its power on the 
hinterland of what
once formed part of the Russian Empire. The distinct possibility of growing 
tension
emerging between Russia and Turkey exists. Both are competing over the same 
region. Turkey
has been lending its support to Georgia which has not been on the best of 
terms with
Russia. Washington hopes to exploit Turkish ambitions to expand its power 
into this part
of the East.

The point is that with the collapse of the Soviet Union the hinterlands of 
what once
formed part of the SU is now the source of tension and rivalry among 
various regional
powers --Russia, Turkey and the US. To a large the hotspots have changed 
their location.
In the past it was the Middle East now the frontlines have shifted further 
to the East to
the Caucasus.



Warm regards
George Pennefather

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