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militarily, but it might well be driven to forge a stronger strategic partnership with China, which also opposes foreign military interventions in the Middle East and has joined Russia in vetoing UN Security Council resolutions on Syria. China has been ambivalent in the past about Russian overtures to ally ag

are -- then this is the path to follow. Dmitri Trenin is director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. The Diplomat Could China, Russia Rescue Iran? Meir Javedanfar June 8, 2012 -- Vladimir Putin has returned to the Russian presidential office. And, if his previous record as president is anything to go by, he's

es the people agree to forego their desire to replace their leaders. (Truly, East Asian autocracies have not robbed people of their dignity the way Middle Eastern ones have.) But even as such growth rates continue unabated—to say nothing of if they collapse or even slow down—at higher income levels, this soci

r installations. Coelho once said: "Be careful. You can hurt with your words, but you can also hurt with your silence." The words of a wise man. Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-Israeli Middle East analyst and co- author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran. EFTA_R1_020298

t, and Mark Heller Article 3. The Daily Star What the Arab revolts leave unanswered Rami G. Khouri Article 4. Guardian Why Israel is wrong about Iran Meir Javedanfar Article 5. The Financial Time Global oil supplies are healthier than they seem lan Bremmer Article 6 Newsweek Robert Gates: America is losing its gri

cause they unquestioningly back Israel or support Arab autocrats. Should those policies be moderated and replaced by more even-handed postures toward the Middle East, newly liberated Arab citizens would probably be too busy building their new countries to allow themselves to be distracted by lingering resentments