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The Legal Questions underlying international relations

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2011

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Pravda

7th October, 2011

The conduct of international relations involves the necessary prerequisites of maturity, integrity, balanced and rational policy-making and respect for the law. Judging from what we have seen in the last decade, we can draw the most shocking conclusions: none of these precepts underlie the conduct of policy today, at least by NATO.

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Russia resets with U.S., sprints with China

Posted by smeddum on October 13, 2010

M. K. Bhadrakumar

Oct 11 2010

The Hindu

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao before their meeting at the Zhongnanhai in Beijing, on September 27.
AP Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao before their meeting at the Zhongnanhai in Beijing, on September 27.

The Kremlin seems to factor in that a strong relationship with China can only strengthen its leverage as an emerging power during negotiations with the U.S. and the West. Read the rest of this entry »

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