I love this idea, and it totally brought to mind Jerry Pournelle's series dealing with the 'Co-dominion'. What a prophet of sci-fi he is!
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/russia-us-moon-base-nasa-dpgonc-20110119-to-_17194074 (http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/russia-us-moon-base-nasa-dpgonc-20110119-to-_17194074)