Meanwhile, on the basis of its growing economic strength, China has become more and more assertive of its own imperial ambitions--and Russia has rebuilt itself under Vladimir Putin as a nuclear-armed power buttressed by an economy based on oil, natural gas and the arms trade. . ..…
The presumption that it can sit out the refugee crisis makes a hugely unwise bet on the stability of Jordan, where refugees amount to 25 percent of the total population; and Lebanon, where largely Sunni refugees, who have hardly any camps, are already destabilizing the agonizingly fragile multiconfessional..…
By annexing Crimea and establishing separatist enclaves Ukraine, Putin's Russia has challenged both the order, and the values and principles on. China has begun to build parallel set of financial institutions, including Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Asian Bond Fund Initiative New..…
Likewise, his decision to pivot to China seems to suggest that he is slowly giving up on Russia’s American partner. . ... Also, President Putin was honored with China’s first ever “Friendship Medal” this past June after Putin awarded Xi with Russia’s highest..…
They are very, very upset not about Putin in Ukraine, as they say, but about Putin in Syria where he exposed the fact that the West was allied with the Saudis in funding and arming terrorists and Putin demonstrated you could defeat terrorism if you cut off the supply line from Obama’s friends in Saudi..…
Working to protect our intellectual property vis-à-vis China. . Imposing new sanctions on Russia (notwithstanding saying nice things about Putin). . ..…
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