美国和苏联在数十年间相互竞争世界超级大国的地位。双方既在军备竞赛中争相研制威力最大的导弹，也在太空竞赛中争先将第一人送上月球。这场竞争最终拖垮了苏联，1990年，经历各种革命之后，苏联解体。

The US and the Soviet Union competed with each other for decades over the post of the world’s superpower. Both competed in the arms race in order to produce the most powerful missiles and the space race to place the first man on the moon. This competition eventually consumed the Soviet Union and in 1990 after various revolutions the Soviet Union disintegrated.

许多美国政策制定者认为俄罗斯的解体是一项未竟的事业。苏联解体后,以美国为首的西方开始努力,将其在欧洲的边界迅速向东推进,削弱俄罗斯在该地区的影响力。在过去二十年里,亲西方的阵线通过北约和欧盟的扩张不断东移,最终紧紧逼近俄罗斯的边境。随着苏联的瓦解,美国致力于拆除苏联所建立的体制架构,并努力通过将所有前苏联加盟共和国纳入其势力范围来遏制俄罗斯。在接下来的十年里,美国又通过国际货币基金组织和世界银行,使这些国家在经济上与西方紧密相连。

Many US policy makers saw the dismemberment of Russia as unfinished business. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the West led by the US began working to push its boundaries in Europe rapidly eastward, destroying Russia’s ability to influence the region. The pro-Western lines moved to the east for the past two decades, via NATO and EU expansion, until they pushed hard up against Russia’s borders. With the collapse of the Soviet Union the US worked to dismantle the architecture established by the USSR, it worked to contain Russia by bringing all the former Soviet republics under its sphere of influence and for the next decade through the IMF and the World Bank it economically linked them to the West.

美国还扩大了其在巴尔干地区的存在。美国致力于遏制后苏联时代的俄罗斯，努力将其逐出巴尔干和东欧。美国阻挠了关于建立一个由联邦控制但享有一定自治的南斯拉夫的协议，这导致了1993年的内战；美国以此为借口对塞尔维亚发动战争，而俄罗斯与塞尔维亚有斯拉夫族的民族联系。通过宣布科索沃独立，美国进一步削弱了俄罗斯的影响力。美国努力与东欧国家建立经济和军事关系，从而垄断了该地区的安全事务。此后，美国又通过所谓的“颜色革命”企图包围俄罗斯，亲俄政权相继被推翻，亲西方领导人上台执政。这些关系随后被用作将东欧纳入北约的基础。

The US also expanded its presence in the Balkans. The US worked to contain the post-Soviet Russia, working to drive it out of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The US obstructed the deal on a federally controlled but semi independent Yugoslavia which led to civil war in 1993, it used this as a pretext to launch war against Serbia where Russia has ethnic ties with the Slavic’s, and by inaugurating Kosovo’s independence it further weakened Russian presence. The US worked to establish economic and military relations with Eastern European states, hence monopolising the security of the region. The encirclement of Russia was further attempted through the so called colour revolutions where pro-Russian regimes were overthrown and pro-Western leaders took the helms. Such relations were used as a basis to annex Eastern Europe into NATO.

弗拉基米尔·普京于1999年接替了鲍里斯·叶利钦，后者是一位致力于扭转俄罗斯命运的民族主义者。普京开始推行重新国有化的进程，通过旨在改变国家发展方向的政策，将关键行业、资产、公用事业和工业收归国有。他处理了实际上在掠夺国家财富的寡头，限制他们从国内转移资金的数额；其中一些人获准离开俄罗斯，另一些人则遭到了无情的打击。他通过只有在独裁统治下才可能实行的经济政策稳定了国内局势，因为任何议会或参议院都会在如此重大的决策上陷入僵局，并让自身利益妨碍决策。

Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin in 1999, a nationalist who endeavoured to change the fortunes of Russia. Putin began the process of re-nationalizing key sectors, assets, utilities and industries through policies intended to change the course of the nation. He dealt with the oligarchs who were essentially looting the nation, by restricting the amount of money they took out of the nation; some were allowed to leave the country whilst others were dealt with ruthlessly. He stabilised the domestic situation through economic policies which were only possible under a dictatorship - any parliament or senate would have stalled on such huge decisions and would have allowed their own interests to get in the way.

自弗拉基米尔·普京出任俄罗斯总统以来，他成功地掌控了国家局势，并挫败了美国削弱俄罗斯的企图。如今，俄罗斯在没有效仿西方自由民主模式的情况下快速发展。俄罗斯几乎在每一个场合都选择公开挑战西方以及美国，无论是在北极冰盖下的海底插上旗帜、试验大规模的超级燃料空爆炸弹，还是对美国在东欧部署早期预警防御系统提出异议，并且目前已成功使该部署暂时搁置。俄罗斯已开始通过主张其“近邻地区”的权利来重新塑造自身的世界强国地位，即俄罗斯对其前加盟共和国拥有的权利。

Since Vladimir Putin become Russian President he has managed to gain a grip on the nation and counter US attempts to weaken Russia. Today Russia is rapidly developing without following the example of Western liberal democracy. Russia has opted to openly challenge the West as well as the US at practically every turn, whether by planting a flag on the seabed beneath the Arctic icecap, testing the massive ordnance air blast bomb or disputing the sitting of US early-warning defence systems in Eastern Europe, which it has managed to successfully halt for the moment. Russia has begun re-inventing itself as a world power by laying its claim to it’s near abroad – this is Russia’s right over its former republics.

2008年8月，俄罗斯总统德米特里·梅德韦杰夫在接受俄罗斯第一频道、“俄罗斯”电视台和NTV电视台采访时，在承认南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹为独立国家之后，阐述了指导其外交政策的五项原则：“……第四，保护我国公民的生命和尊严，无论他们身在何处，都是我国毋庸置疑的首要任务。我们的外交政策决定将以这一需要为基础。我们还将保护我国商界在国外的利益。所有人都应清楚，我们将对针对我们的任何侵略行为作出回应。最后，第五，与其他国家一样，有某些地区是我们特别关注的，有些地区是俄罗斯拥有特殊利益的。这些地区是与我们有着特殊历史关系、并作为朋友和好邻居而紧密相连的国家的家园。我们将特别关注我们在这些地区的工作，并与这些作为我们近邻的国家建立友好关系。这些就是我在推行外交政策时将遵循的原则。” 在过去十年里，俄罗斯成功地掌控了其矿产资源和公用事业，并驱逐了许多从苏联解体中获益的寡头。拥有世界上最大的能源储备之一，俄罗斯如今正在发展先进的军事力量，并在美国近十年来享有无可争议霸权的地区与美国直接竞争。

In August 2008 Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev outlined five principles guiding his foreign policy in the wake of the recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states in an Interview given to Television Channels Channel One, Rossia, NTV: “…..Fourth, protecting the lives and dignity of our citizens, wherever they may be, is an unquestionable priority for our country. Our foreign policy decisions will be based on this need. We will also protect the interests of our business community abroad. It should be clear to all that we will respond to any aggressive acts committed against us. Finally, fifth, as is the case of other countries, there are certain regions we pay particular attention to, there are regions in which Russia has privileged interests. These regions are home to countries with which we share special historical relations and are bound together as friends and good neighbours. We will pay particular attention to our work in these regions and build friendly ties with these countries, our close neighbours. These are the principles I will follow in carrying out our foreign policy.” Russia in the last decade has managed to gain control over its mineral resources and utilities and banished many oligarchs who benefited from the break-up of the Soviet Union. With some of the worlds largest energy reserves it is now developing a state of the art military and competing directly with the US in regions where the US for nearly a decade had uncontested hegemony.

当前，俄罗斯的对外关系主要围绕扭转冷战后的趋势展开，并通过将所有前苏联加盟共和国纳入其影响范围来巩固俄罗斯的周边安全。俄罗斯正再次与世界超级大国直接展开竞争。

Russian foreign relations are currently being driven on reversing the post Cold War trend and securing Russia’s periphery by bringing all the former Soviet republics under its influence. Russia is directly completing with the worlds superpower once again.

俄罗斯充分利用了美国专注于伊斯兰世界的时机,逆转了所有由美国支持的颜色革命。让所有前苏联共和国重新处于俄罗斯影响之下的计划,是由弗拉基米尔·普京精心主导的一项工作。俄罗斯已在乌克兰、哈萨克斯坦、白俄罗斯和亚美尼亚取得了重大进展,并有望在阿塞拜疆取得重大进展,并应当清除西方在这个高加索国家中残存的影响力。在前苏联的大部分地区,重新组建政治联盟的进程正在迅速推进。

Russia has taken full advantage of America’s preoccupation with the Islamic world to reverse all the American sponsored colour revolutions. The project to bring all of the former Soviet republics under Russian influence has been a meticulous task led by Vladimir Putin. Russia has already made significant gains in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia and set to make significant gains in Azerbaijan and should have removed what remains of western influence in the Caucasian nation. The reformulation of a political union in much of the former Soviet space is making rapid progress.

哈萨克斯坦、白俄罗斯和亚美尼亚已经是集体安全条约组织（CSTO）的成员。该组织是一个由莫斯科主导的安全集团，由亲俄的前苏联国家组成。集体安全条约组织主要是俄罗斯借以通过安全协调与前苏联各共和国加强一体化、扩大影响力的一个集团。俄罗斯已与哈萨克斯坦、白俄罗斯和亚美尼亚达成关税同盟协议，这将使三国经济进一步与莫斯科保持一致。阿塞拜疆正在考虑加入集体安全条约组织。在2010年1月的乌克兰大选中，一位亲俄人士上台执政；同年5月，吉尔吉斯斯坦发生政权更迭，同样是受俄罗斯所推动。

Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia are already members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-led security group comprising pro-Russian former Soviet states. The CSTO is primarily a bloc that Russia uses to integrate with and project influence throughout former Soviet republics via security coordination. Russia has concluded a deal for a Customs Union with Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia which will align their economies to Moscow further. Azerbaijan is considering CTSO membership and in Ukraine’s January 2010 elections a pro-Russian came to power and in Kyrgyzstan, similarly Russia inspired regime change in May 2010.

俄罗斯很快就将控制前苏联地区70%的领土，任何想要改变俄罗斯扩张态势的努力都必须是巨大的，才有可能成功。一旦实现这一目标，俄罗斯就处于将影响力扩展到前苏联加盟共和国之外的有利位置。随着美国仍在设法从伊拉克和阿富汗抽身，俄罗斯似乎正处于有利位置，试图改变全球权力平衡。

Russia will very soon have 70% of the former Soviet Union under its control and any effort to change Russian expansion must be monumental if it is to succeed. Once achieved Russia is in pole position to expand its influence beyond the former Soviet Republics. With the US still looking to extricate itself from Iraq and Afghanistan, Russia looks to be moving into poll position in attempting to shift the global balance of power.

1990年苏联解体不仅带来了政治和经济后果，也带来了巨大的社会后果。由于苏联各地因解体而死亡人数上升，人们对未来充满不确定，俄罗斯人不再生育子女。这场危机使贫困人口从200万增至6000万，增长了3000%。联合国儿童基金会指出，这导致每年多出50万例死亡。苏联的卫生体系崩溃，自杀和艾滋病增多，致使死亡人数超过出生人数。苏联解体前夕，俄罗斯人口为1.48亿，如今已降至1.41亿。 俄罗斯面临的问题在于，20至29岁人群目前是其人口中最大的群体，他们出生于1980年代，那时俄罗斯仍是世界强国。20岁以下人群则要少得多，他们出生于苏联解体之后。这一群体无法维持前一代的高出生率，因此俄罗斯面临严峻问题，其劳动力将严重减少。随着俄罗斯领土扩张，其境内很可能会有越来越多的非俄罗斯族人。俄罗斯如何将他们融入社会，将影响其领土的凝聚力。

The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1990 didn’t just have political and economic consequences; it also had massive social consequences. Russians stopped having children, due to the uncertainty as deaths increased due to the collapse across the Soviet territories. The crisis raised poverty from 2 million to 60 million, a 3000% increase. UNICEF noted that this resulted in 500,000 'extra' deaths per year. The Soviet health system crumbled, suicide and AIDS increased leading to deaths outstriping births. Russia’s population on the eve of its collpase was 148 million, today it has declined to 141 million. The problem Russia faces is the 20 – 29 year old categary is currently the largest segment of Russia’s population, they were born in the 1980’s when Russia was still a world power. The under 20’s are much smaller, born after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This segment cannot sustain the high bith rates of the preceeding generation and hence Russia faces a big problem as its labour force will be severly depleeted. As Russia expands it will in all liklehood have more and more non-ethnic Russians in its territary. How Russia integrates them will impact is terratorial cohesion.

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America has been unable in the face of Russian expansion to commit sufficient resources to Russia’s successful reversal of the colour revolutions, as it has been unable to extricate itself from the debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2010 however is the year the US plans to reduce troop levels as its settlement to the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts takes shape. All of this means the US will be able to deploy the necessary resources and give attention to Russia’s resurgence. Russia will need to push back all of America’s tools. Since the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, former states of the Soviet Union have been lured and bribed with promises by Washington into joining NATO. Rather than initiate discussions after the 1991 dissolution of the Warsaw Pact about a systematic dissolution of NATO, Washington has steadily converted NATO into what can only be called the military vehicle of an American global empire, linked by a network of military bases from Kosovo to Poland to Turkey to Iraq and Afghanistan. In 1999, former Warsaw Pact members Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic joined NATO. Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia followed suit in March 2004. By bringing such nations into NATO America provides their security and hence controls their defence apparatus. Similarly politically Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were integrated into the European Union in 2004 when they become full members. Similarly in the caucuses Turkey has been working to forge ties with Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia complicating Russia’s attempts at making the region subordinate to it. In the decade ahead Russia will need to contend with US proxies, who are working to curtail Russian expansion. Russia will need to make use of a number of tools to challenge the US and its tools, central to this is projecting an image of strength through a strong military, and this area is another challenge the Russians will have to contend with.

俄罗斯的军事工业落后美国整整一代。冷战期间，苏联在军备竞赛和太空竞赛中与美国展开角逐。两国都研制出了强大的核武器，在运载系统方面也相互竞争，两国都能够制造洲际弹道导弹（ICBM），以搭载威力巨大的弹头，并配备战略武器系统。两国都拥有庞大的军事工业综合体，能够提供技术先进的武器装备。 苏联解体后，新独立的各国瓜分了军事资产。俄罗斯联邦继承了前苏联国防工业中规模最大、产能最强的部分，在1,125至1,500个研发、设计和生产机构中雇用多达900万名工人。俄罗斯大多数国防企业的优秀员工不断流向西方公司。到1997年，俄罗斯国防工业的从业人员仅剩约250万人。面对这一局面，克里姆林宫越来越依赖其核武库，将其视为领土完整的保障。俄罗斯的核武器是其在各种防御场景中的王牌。在普京掌权之前，克里姆林宫既没有进攻能力，也没有进攻意图。俄罗斯仍保有规模相当可观的武库，其中包括已经证明有效的成熟导弹设计，同时它也在不断摆弄可机动再入飞行器和突防装置，以提升对抗弹道导弹防御系统的能力。 苏联解体20年来，美国研制并部署了唯一的第五代战斗机——F-22“猛禽”，拥有11艘航空母舰，常年在海上执行任务，每艘航母搭载90架战斗机，随时准备投入作战。更重要的是，美国在过去20年中一直在海外进行远征作战行动。 美军在海外部署的后勤保障方面表现出色，在维持远征部队所需的轮换与训练周期方面也成绩突出。相比之下，俄罗斯的弹道导弹潜艇并不执行巡逻任务，其可投送弹头的大部分都搭载在老旧的苏联时代重型洲际弹道导弹上。俄罗斯军队落后美国整整一代。要对美国构成任何挑战，俄罗斯需要实现军工产业现代化，并组建能够随时投入部署的机动、灵活的军事部队。

Russia’s military industry is a generation behind America’s. During the Cold War the Soviet Union competed with the US in the arms and space race. Both nations developed powerful nuclear weapons. They both competed in delivery systems and both were able to construct Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) to deliver powerful warheads alongside strategic weapons systems. Both nations had huge military industry complexes which supplied technologically advanced weapons. The disintegration of the Soviet Union resulted in the newly independent states dividing up the military's assets. The Russian Federation inherited the largest and most productive share of the former Soviet defence industry, employing as many as 9 million workers in 1,125 to 1,500 research, design, and production facilities. Most Russian defence enterprises steadily lost their best workers to Western companies. In 1997 the Russian defence industry consisted of some 2.5 million workers. In dealing with this situation, the Kremlin came to rely increasingly on its nuclear arsenal as the guarantor of territorial integrity. Russia’s nuclear weapons are its trump card in all defensive scenarios. Until Putin came to power the Kremlin had no offensive capabilities or ambition. Russia continues to field a very sizable arsenal that includes established missile designs that work, even as it continues to toy with maneuverable re-entry vehicles and penetration aids to improve its capability against ballistic missile defenses. 20 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union America has developed and deployed the only 5th generation fighter jet – the F22 –Raptor, it has 11 aircraft carriers that are constantly at sea with 90 fighter jets on each carrier, ready for combat. More importantly the US in the last 20 years has been conducting expeditionary overseas operations. The US military has excelled in the logistical requirements of overseas deployments, and the rotations and training cycles required for sustaining expeditionary forces. Russia on the other hand has ballistic missile submarines that do not conduct patrols, the bulk of its deliverable warheads are carried aboard aging Soviet-era heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles. Russia’s military is a generation behind the US. To pose any challenge to the US Russia will need to modernise its military industry and develop mobile and agile military units, that can be deployed at a moments notice.

俄罗斯历史上怀有全球性的抱负，在其近代史上曾是世界强国。苏联解体在俄罗斯社会的各个方面都引发了危机。俄罗斯的克格勃和黑手党肆意横行。自普京掌权以来，他设法控制了这个国家，并使许多领域恢复了稳定。这使俄罗斯得以加强国防、重建破败的经济，如今它已有能力在全球范围内投射力量。

Russia has a history of global ambitions and was a world power in its recent history. The dissolution of the Soviet Union created a crisis in all aspects of Russian society. Russia’s KGB and mafia ran riot. Since Putin came to power he has managed to gain a grip on the country and brought stability to many areas. This has enabled Russia to build its defences, reconstruct its broken economy and today it is able to project power globally.

美国对伊拉克和阿富汗的占领，使俄罗斯得以重建其进攻能力，并扭转了美国在苏联解体时所实施的许多战略。然而，随着美国开始从伊拉克和阿富汗撤军，这一机遇之窗正迅速关闭；届时美国将能够投入更多资源，把俄罗斯逼回去。

America’s occupation with Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed Russia to rebuild its offensive capabilities and reverse many of the strategies the US implemented when the Soviet Union collapsed. However this window of opportunity is fast closing as the US begins its drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan and Russia will find the US able to expend more resources to push Russia back.

俄罗斯拥有充足的能源供应，这为其全球野心提供了优势。俄罗斯拥有世界上已探明的最大天然气储量，是世界第二大石油生产国，并且拥有世界第三大铀储量。俄罗斯曾将其能源作为对欧洲施压的政治工具，而欧盟扩张的逆转，正是由于俄罗斯在能源方面相对欧洲所具有的优势。

Russia has the advantage of ample supplies of energy to fuel its global ambitions. Russia has the world’s largest proven natural gas reserves, it is the worlds second largest oil producer in the world and posses the worlds third largest Uranium reserves. Russia has used its energy as a political tool against Europe and the reversal of EU expansion has been due to Russia’s energy advantages over Europe.

随着俄罗斯正在为重新夺回其直接边界上的前苏联加盟共和国收尾,俄罗斯已处于有利位置,可以在全球范围内投射其影响力。结合其全球雄心,如果俄罗斯采取正确的政策,便可以挑战美国;然而,其军事实力仍远逊于美国。在这一差距被克服之前,俄罗斯极不可能使美国失去世界超级大国的地位。

As Russia puts the finishing touches on winning back the former soviet republics on its immediate border, Russia is well placed to project its influence globally. Mixed with global ambitions Russia with the right policies can challenge the US, however its military remains well behind America’s and until this is not overcome it very unlikely Russia can remove the US from the post of the worlds superpower.