But now they consider China and Russia as cramping the space for global domination by the US, European Union and Japan. They, especially the US, consider as threats to their traditional hegemony the capitalist development of China and Russia, for the successes of these in military research and development and the formation of the BRICS as an economic bloc economic bloc and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a security bloc.
Subalit ngayon, itinuturing nila ang China at Russia bilang bikig sa lalamunan ng US, European Union at Japan sa pandaigdigang dominasyon. Itinuturing na banta, laluna ng US, ang kapitalistang pag-unlad ng China at Russia sa kanilang tradisyunal na hegemonya dahil sa mga tagumpay ng mga ito sa pananaliksik at pagpapaunlad militar at sa pagtatatag ng BRICS bilang blokeng pang-ekonomya at ng Shanghai Cooperation Organization bilang blokeng panseguridad.