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ate end to Russo-Chinese collusion, nor does it obviate the need for Washington to pursue pragmatic policies designed to avert such a partnership. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will continue to seek common ground, if only as a result of their shared discomfort in an international system built and maintained
gion's Chinese population amidst Russian decline may place the other in a bind, with nationalist pressure setting constraints on compromise. While Putin and Xi grip and grin, the demographic EFTA_R1_00441208 EFTA01964460 time-bomb between them is ticking—and if it goes off, a shared suspicion of
c policies designed to avert such a partnership. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will continue to seek commo
ed, it would give the U.S. leverage to pursue "tough love" with other American allies, EFTA_R1_00441184 EFTA01964436 including Hosni Mubarak and the House of Saud, to push for reforms in their countries. The 2004 G-8 Sea Island Summit was also, in theory, supposed to lay the foundations for massive new effor
ger to work with America on missile defense and integration within the West. It also ignored that reset essentially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhile, China is angry and confused that the U.S. suddenly warns it to behave in the Pacific, after turning a
entially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhile, Chi
reset essentially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhil
Yemen war on one side, and they can't let Jordan fall. This is a heavy burden, even for them. Iran, say the hawks, can win a war of attrition with the House of Saud. Elsewhere, while Hezbollah may be having problems, and ISIS is ugly, Iran's hawks reason that the best way to help their friends and hurt their e
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7:18:09 +0000 20 April, 2014 Article'. The Boston Globe Obama focuses updated Cold War approach on Putin Peter Baker Article 2. National Post Vladimir Putin's Middle Eastern harvest Conrad Black Article 3. Ny r America's Last Task in Kabul Vali R. Nasr Article 4. Asharq Al-Awsat Palestinian "Pessopti
on Putin Peter Baker Article 2. National Post Vladimir Putin's Middle Eastern harvest Conrad Black Art
fundamentalist groups in the region to overthrow the Saudi royal family in the 1980s. (The Saudi government is essentially a joint venture between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi establishment, lubricated by vast amounts of Danegeld paid to the propagation of Wahhabi fundamentalist views around the Muslim wor
Entities connected to both Vladimir Putin and the House of Saud

Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
Barack Obama
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
United States
LOCATIONKremlin
ORGANIZATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
Tehran
LOCATION
White House
ORGANIZATION
Middle East
LOCATION
James Baker
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Yemen
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
John Kerry
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
al-Qaeda
ORGANIZATIONthe West Bank
LOCATION
Xinjiang
LOCATION
Mahmoud Abbas
PERSON