Trump Destroys Western Alliances and Deals with Enemies, an Approach that Is Strikingly Similar to Russian Journalist Maxim Trutolubian — How the World Enters an Era of Weak Ties.

It is generally accepted that Russia does not have (and did not have) genuine allies or even partners. For example, the current relationship with the PRC is an unequal partnership, because Russia depends on China much more than it does. In this situation, Russia has begun to build a completely new architecture of international relations — flexible and shallow, but adaptive — such relations do not involve long-term contact and a shared future, bu…