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Zbigniew Brzezinski: Americaâ€™s decline will affect South Caucasus

04 January 2012 11:18 (UTC +04:00)

According to the article published by The Foreign Policy, China, Russia and other regional powers would try to benefit from the decline of Americaâ€™s financial and political influence. â€œWith the decline of America’s global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers. India and China are rising, Russia is increasingly imperially minded, and the Middle East is growing ever more unstable. The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real. Get ready for a global reality characterized by the survival of the strongestâ€.
Brzezinski named 8 weaker countries that will suffer from American decline and Georgia is the first among those countries. â€œAmerican decline would leave this tiny Caucasian state vulnerable to Russian political intimidation and military aggression. The United States has provided Georgia with $3 billion in aid since 1991 -- $1 billion of that since its 2008 war with Russia. America’s decline would put new limitations on U.S. capabilities, and could by itself stir Russian desires to reclaim its old sphere of influenceâ€.
â€œRussian domination of the southern energy corridor to Europe, possibly leading to more pressure on Europe to accommodate Moscow’s political agenda; a domino effect on Azerbaijanâ€, said Brzezinski.