Online published on 18 November, 2015.
In December 1992, this article entitled “Russia–US: Friends, Allies or Rivals” was published by the author in the Journal of International Relations Information of Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It soon sank into oblivion, as at the time Russia was in a comprehensive, deep and longterm crisis and moving towards friendlier relations with the US. Everybody thought the world would have a single leader—the US. Today however, the crises in the Ukraine and the risk of Russia–US confrontation—a kind of Cold War—show the relevance of the forecast of twenty-three years ago.
