tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788868408693854043.post2776198736730075874..comments2024-03-27T05:51:59.065-04:00Comments on Berman Post: Russia to Finish Work on Iranian Nuclear Power PlantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788868408693854043.post-50991600451692627452010-03-29T01:23:02.904-04:002010-03-29T01:23:02.904-04:00"Russian's know how to play the game"..."Russian's know how to play the game"? I mean I guess you could say their relative power to ours has increased in the past ten years, but our relative power to everyone's has decreased in the past ten years so I'm not sure specifically if what any kind of strategic wherwithall in the leadership. A probably better example of pragamtic foreign policy realism in the way the Chinese have conducted their foriegn policy. They do terrible things to their own people, but when it comes to geo-politics they know how to look our for their own.<br /><br />"smart power" is a term invented by Joespeh Nye, an academic. His definition of what that was supposed to mean was pretty nebulus in the first place, mostly it seems to mean full utilization of both the military and diplomatic apparatus in foreign affairs. I'm not really sure what you mean by "smart power", but I don't know why you would on paper be opposed to the concept of "smart power"Ian Spencer Dubrowskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485790945854055324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788868408693854043.post-23049258063918731322010-03-28T23:43:26.511-04:002010-03-28T23:43:26.511-04:00@Ian Spencer Dubrowsky - Russian's know how to...@Ian Spencer Dubrowsky - Russian's know how to play the game, so I would not doubt this is in their interest; or else they would not be doing it. What happened to the 'smart power' we were promised though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788868408693854043.post-66801476095663650952010-03-23T00:08:05.640-04:002010-03-23T00:08:05.640-04:00Well, it's in Russia's interest for a wide...Well, it's in Russia's interest for a wider war to break out, or for Us or Israel to bomb Iran.<br /><br />Demand for Russian gas will spike.Ian Spencer Dubrowskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485790945854055324noreply@blogger.com