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No…why would they be? I think a security relationship is basically a non-starter, and outside of that, Russia doesn’t really have anything to offer us.
They have absolutely no geopolitical conflicts. The current way of thinking is mostly a relic of the cold war. Especially since the US is getting ahead of Europe and Europe now is like the German confederacy too strong to be easily conquered, but too disorganized to be a threat to anyone. And the US will probably start to view it as a liability soon. China with Russia and Kazakhstan (as my geography teacher called it - a gem of natural resources) is invulnerable. Trade embargoes just doesn't work.
The first cold war was won by the sino soviet split, another Russio-Chinese split could solve the second.
Benefits - better control and exploitation of the soon to be thawed arctic, denial of arctic to the Chinese and encircling of China.
Why do we care about opposing the Chinese, again? They care much less about the West than Russia does, and have a far lesser history of hostility towards us.
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