A lot of people who actually know geopolitics have argued that if the US were smart, it would ally with Russia to balance China
I don't even know them that well and I've never once understood why we weren't trying to ally with Russia in general. They aren't doing anything worse than any of our other "allies." It just seems to be Cold War inertia and "well we need some enemy to scapegoat forever."
I'm sure many could write a screed about all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't, but I could do the same with countries that we just let slide who offer far less benefit to us to be on good terms with.
I don't even know them that well and I've never once understood why we weren't trying to ally with Russia in general. They aren't doing anything worse than any of our other "allies." It just seems to be Cold War inertia and "well we need some enemy to scapegoat forever."
I'm sure many could write a screed about all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't, but I could do the same with countries that we just let slide who offer far less benefit to us to be on good terms with.