The future visible in St Petersburg

The now symbiotic China-Russia strategic alliance, with the possibility of extending towards Iran, is THE fundamental fact on the ground in the young 21st century. All roads in this partnership - an unholy alliance to eyes in Washington - converged in St Petersburg last week at Russia's answer to Davos, a week that arguably bore witness to the birth of the Eurasian century.

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