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...Noted "There is a common enemy out there." LORD ROBERTSON, Secretary-General of nato, on why the alliance that was established to contain Russia now accepts this former foe as a junior partner...
Russia is feeling pretty. the country struck an arms control agreement with the U.S., formed a strategic alliance with NATO and even won the Miss Universe contest. But in some ways the most momentous prize came when the E.U. crowned Russia a full market economy. The move will make it easier for Russia to contest anti-dumping claims, which President Vladimir Putin says could cost more than $1 billion this year, while allowing the country to benefit from lower tariffs and raising its hopes of joining the World Trade Organization. Europe stands to benefit too. The Russian economy grew...
...possibility that Russia will go along with Bush's plan to try to topple Saddam Hussein. Washington also hopes that Russia, which produces 10% of the world's oil, can help ease U.S. dependence on Middle East supplies. Russia in turn has won not only closer ties to NATO but also tacit acceptance of its war on the rebel Chechen republic and the promise of greater economic integration with the West. Disputes remain between Moscow and Washington--chief among them, Russia's alleged aid to Iran's nuclear-weapons program--but relations are better now than at almost any other...
...buddy a tour of St. Petersburg, Putin's hometown, reciprocating the hospitality Bush showed Putin at his Texas ranch last November. The following week they will be together again, this time in Rome, where they are expected to sign an agreement giving Russia a kind of junior partnership in NATO, the cold war military alliance created to confront the Soviet threat. Rice, who shares her boss's newfound optimism about Russia and its leader, fairly gushes when she describes the transformation. "To see the kind of relationship that Presidents Bush and Putin have developed and to see Russia firmly anchored...
...essence of intelligent statecraft. How do you combat global terrorism or inflict embargoes on Iraq unless all the major players join you? In its glory days, U.S. diplomacy was a lot smarter. It took care of its own by taking care of others. It built international institutions - NATO, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization - that advanced American interests, military and economic, along with those of others. Today, the U.S. is more prone to rend than to mend the international fabric. But why should Gulliver bear the ropes? Easy. Better to contain yourself than to have others gang...