Beware of the Bear!
Ariel Cohen, The Heritage Foundation | March 30, 2009
The approaching G20 will also be the first meeting between President Medvedev and President Obama. ++ Recently, the US has shown increased willingness to reconstruct their relations with the Kremlin whose cooperation is much needed on the Afghan and Iraqi Dossiers. ++ Yet, the US ought to move with care; Russia is not only eager to maintain influence in its "near abroad," in addition "Moscow also wants to dismantle NATO and the post-Bretton Woods economic system," which it views as US led architectures.
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