Professor: US & Russia as friendly rivals

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00:00John, what do you think? Can Russia and the U.S. be friendly rivals? Can there be some form of a partnership?

00:07I think they can be friendly rivals. My view of international politics is that all great powers are rivals with each other.

00:16The question is, how intense is the rivalry?

00:20And the fact is that the United States is much more concerned about China than it is about Russia.

00:26And it has a deep-seated interest in treating Russia as a friendly rival. So I think you can get a friendly rivalry.