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...There's no question that it's a buyer's market for raw materials, and that many resource companies are struggling to find willing partners and financiers. China's Rosneft injection will allow the Russian company to pay off $8.5 billion in debt - 60% of it owed to foreign banks - that matures this year. Beijing looks like the last, best hope of miners and drillers...
...across the whole of Europe would be monumental. To an even greater extent, the well-being of the European Union as a whole depends on the respectable performance of each constituent member. Failure to remain united may breed disillusionment with Western capitalism and leave Eastern Europe dangerously susceptible to Russian influences. Thus, for the sake of national interest and the endurance of the European Union, Western countries must find the means to create a bailout plan for failing countries in Eastern Europe...
...proposed missile shield will not only encourage overly militaristic behavior in the Pentagon, but it will also seriously damage our already-tenuous relationship with the Russian Federation. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has had a rocky relationship with its former Warsaw Pact allies, especially Poland. Moreover, Moscow has viewed the continued expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance into Central and Eastern Europe as evidence of growing American hegemony...
...should take the Russians seriously. After all, the last time we stared them down, it took 40 years—and trillions of dollars in defense spending—to “win” the Cold War—a victory that was accompanied by the wholesale economic collapse of the entire region. And the Russian leadership is highly aware of the stakes at hand. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of initiating “a new round of arms race,” and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev has warned that Russia...
...Medvedev announced that Russia would be relocating several SS-26 “Iskander” missiles to Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia’s small exclave of territory on the Baltic coast that borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania. While these plans have been temporarily put on hold, the Russian threat should be taken seriously, not needlessly provoked...