The (Ex) Washington Realist

If you are, please read M. K. Bhadrakumar's essay in the Asia Times. It sounds like a number of democracies are cementing key business deals with Russia--and perhaps by extension Iran--that makes the breezy scenarios about democracies coming together to oppose the non-democracies a bit harder to accept.

Of course, the deals Bhadrakumar cites could fall through. Perhaps he is too pessimistic. But the trends he discusses are real--and U.S. strategic thinkers need to do more than just complain about them.