Grigory Shvedov, editor of Caucasian Knot, an online news agency, argues that Russia's strategicgoal is to increase its political and economic influence in the Caucasus.
In fact, few things would be more dangerous than to continue to give Communist China a pass as it becomes ever more brazen about its strategicgoal: to displace this country as the world's leading economic power and to defeat us militarily, if necessary.