"Moscow is once again advancing its long-held vision of a Russia-India-China strategic triangle, an idea that hinges on easing tensions between Asia's two biggest powers" [Russia-India-China strategic triangle]
This quote directly names the brokerage mechanism—Moscow advancing a trilateral vision contingent on India-China de-escalation—which is the structural dynamic the signal claims is operative.
Reasoning from this article
The article frames Russia's triangular diplomacy not as new but as a 'long-held vision' now gaining traction due to changed circumstances, including India-China border normalization and Western pressure on all three states. This generalizes to a broader structural pattern: when two regional powers share a common external pressure (Western sanctions, containment strategies), a third party with ties to both can exploit that shared pressure to broker alignment that neither bilateral pair would achieve alone. The cultural suppression signal above is downstream of this brokerage dynamic—India softening Bollywood's China narrative is a confidence-building measure within the triangle framework.