Great Powers’ ‘Tribal Instincts’ Impel World Toward Trouble

Russia-China entente not the only problem

Xi’s right hand seems to be on his wallet

Chinese Supreme Leader Xi Jinping’s much-advertised journey to Moscow and apparent close friendship with Vladimir Putin is evidence of the weakness of both of them, Putin in particular, despite western impressions of the obvious. But the US and some of its less-discerning western allies need to remember that this…