Vassalization of Russia

Spell Check Doesn’t Like that Word

It occurs to me that Russia’s rejection of NATO membership and adaptation of delusional NATOphobia might have been the first step in the vassalization of Russia by China. Russia’s former colonies from the Soviet era were rightly paranoid of Russian aggression. Still, the traditional West had largely moved on, content with Russia doing whatever it wanted as long as it stayed in Russia or slightly outside it. Russia was a forgotten enemy, albeit one that harbored a deep grudge against the West for… well, that’s not clear exactly. The…