Monday, May 21, 2007

The Bear wakes up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6665145.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/19/wruss119.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
http://euobserver.com/9/23917
http://euobserver.com/24/24088
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/world/europe/27russia.html?ex=1179720000&en=683ac7070f8970db&ei=5070
Now, I don’t want to be a nay-sayer, but it seems relations between Russia and the West have fallen lately. Quite a shame, too, especially since they seem dead set on threatening the security of the relatively prosperous Baltic nations.
Oh well. The best way to make sure that nations play a positive role in the world is to assure them that they have more to gain from cooperation than from intimidation. This means a dedicated effort to keep block Russia’s external political moves, wherever they may be.

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