An Inequilateral Triangle: Russia-United States-China in a New Geopolitical Environment

The author offers a general comparative overview of the relations of three key countries-Russia, China, and the United States. A new geopolitical picture of the world is presented with three centers of power. The triangle evolves, changing the potential of each of its sides. The three-party relationships are not equipollent. China is building up its economic, nuclear, and political potential, turning into a peer competitor of the United States on the world stage. Russia competes with the United States only in the military-strategic sphere. That is why US foreign policy today is aimed at "double containment " of both Russia and China. At the same time, Washington seeks to rely on its allies both in Europe, strengthening NATO, and in the Indo-Pacific region, pursuing a "latticework " strategy. This promises a long-term confrontation between the US angle and the Chinese and Russian angles of the triangle.