NEWSLINK: Russia may change its image in bid to find more allies

Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

[Russia may change its image in bid to find more allies – Russia Today – Dec. 3, 2012 – http://rt.com/politics/russia-change-bid-find-128/]

Russia Today writes on Russian foreign policy ambitions following an assembly of Russia’s Council for Foreign and Defence Policy.

In part, Russia Today cited attendees as highlighting military spending, including conventional forces:

Conference members also observed that in modern times the economic competition between nations is being slowly replaced by competition of military force. The situation when several nations are forcing the rest of the world to use their currencies in international transactions and therefore agree to a great deal of control of their economies is disappearing as new powerful economic centers are appearing in the East. Besides, the ongoing period of economic turbulence and uncertainty makes many countries return to a tried and trusted model of military dominance as investing in defense becomes an attractive option when none of the economic assets is seen as stable.

Also, the dependence on nuclear parity of the leading nations is no longer a significant factor, the assembly members said, calling Russian authorities to pay more attention to development of conventional weapons and forces.

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