The Vostok-2018 war games are underway.  Understandably, the world is watching with grave concern.  After all, it is the largest military exercise between the Russian and Chinese (and Mongolian) militaries since the Cold War.  The exercises themselves involved nearly 300,000 troops, 1,000 aircraft, 80 warships, and 36,000 armored vehicles, according to Bill Gertz of The Washington Times.  Many strategists in the West worry that Vostok-2018 is a portent of a new strategic alliance between two of the largest powers in all of Eurasia against the United States. This would be the nightmare scenario.  The landmass known as Eurasia encompasses a majority of the world's natural resources – potable water, oil, natural gas, metals – and is home to most of the world's population.  For much of its history, though, Eurasia has been defined more by its regional divisions than its similarities. Many attempts at...(Read Full Article)