New Delhi, March 24 -- I do not know if the champions of unilateral detente with Russia are aware of the potentially apocalyptic consequences that could result from yielding to expansionism and aggression. We would only be closer to war, not to normalizing relations with Russia, much less to a chimerical alliance between the West and Russia to contain China. It is true that the opposite, a Sino-Russian alliance, cannot last over time, as China is a more significant threat to Russia than to Europe. China and Russia share a 4,209-kilometer border with 160 border crossings open 24 hours a day. A highly reliable study refutes the most optimistic calculations that Siberia might have 10-12% of its population of Chinese origin (from any of its 5...