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imension to the Syrian drama. Now it's accused of protecting the "butcher of Damascus," while China withdraws into its shell. To the leaders of the Kremlin, this looks unfair. To start with, Russia doesn't count Assad as an ally -- he's merely a business client. Russia did lean on Assad, persuading him

uld Unite Russia and China Against the U.S. Dmitri Trenin Article 4. The Diplomat Could China, Russia Rescue Iran? Meir Javedanfar Article 5. Project Syndicate What Happened to India? Raghuram Rajan Article 6. Chatham House Rio+20 must address the scramble for resources Bernice Lee Anicic I. NYT Ass

e relationship with Ukraine. EFTA00662755 In an April 17 interview, Putin declared, "We have reached a point beyond which we cannot retreat." The Kremlin's determination to stop the advance of Euro-Atlantic institutions was signaled in a smaller campaign against Georgia in 2008. Now Putin also implie

gn Affairs The Czar of Brinkmanship Cynthia A. Roberts Article S. Al Jazeera Is Putin going all the wav in Ukraine? Peter Zalmayev Article 6. Project Syndicate The Techno-Political Transformation Klaus Schwab Article 7. Bloomberg China Buys Friends and Influences Nations William Pesek AlMonitor Hamas

become a vicious vortex sucking the Russian ship downward into its maw. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week sent a few subtle signals that the Kremlin might be trying to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar Assad, but to no avail. Assad turns to Russia for support, and the Kremlin involunt

t Freeze Can Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace Alan M. Dershowitz Article 5. NYT Mutually Assured Cyberdestruction? David E. Sanger Article 6. Project Syndicate Exit the Political Wife Naomi Wolf Article 7. The Wall Street Journal Bionic Brains and Beyond Daniel H. Wilson Ankle I. Spiegel Secret Coop