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When Russian President Vladimir V. Putin said last week that he would be open to modifying the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, it was an indication of how far the world has come since the end of the Cold War. While we still have concerns about the feasibility of a missile defense system, an agreement with Russia to amend the treaty would eliminate the greatest diplomatic and political obstacle to the limited testing of a missile defense...
...return to Washington Sunday night he had accomplished quite a good deal. The member nations of APEC had made a public declaration condemning terrorism, which, while stopping well short of endorsement for the American action, nevertheless allowed the Bush administration to claim support for its campaign. Russian President Vladimir Putin had shown even further warming to the U.S. position of dismantling the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty. And, Bush had gotten through the traditional APEC class photo - where each leader is condemned to wear a gaudy shirt of his host country-without looking goofy. His work done, Bush left 12 hours...
...socialist who had been Bill Clinton's soul mate. But the U.S. President judges people quickly and bluntly, and from their first meeting at Camp David last February, Bush aides confirm, his gut told him he liked Blair. There they had a long conversation about the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, whom Bush dismissed with "once a KGB man, always a KGB man." Blair had invested a lot of time getting to know Putin. He thought he was seriously trying to change Russia and suggested that Bush take a second look--which he did. (That has paid off enormously in terms...
...part, Russian President Vladimir Putin is also betting on the U.S. in its fight against terrorism. His spirited support for cooperation, for letting American troops into what Russia has for centuries seen as its backyard, has provoked unease among many within the rank and file of the Russian military and government. "There exists a two-tier attitude toward the U.S. presence," says Alexei Malashenko, scholar-in-residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center. "Explicitly, Russian leaders quite sincerely welcome the antiterrorist operation in the area. Implicitly, they fear that the U.S. has come there to stay...
...Armed with the report, Blair visited President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in New Delhi to reinforce their support for international moves against bin Laden. Musharraf affirmed Pakistan's belief in the evidence of the U.S. dossier and was offered an aid package and military support in return. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld set out on a tour of the Middle East, touching down in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Egypt for consultations before moving on to Uzbekistan, which agreed to allow U.S. forces to use one of its airbases...