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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...
...take every newspaper and magazine I can carry, and I read them on the train. My theory is this: the more information I have, the more I will feel as if I'm in control. If I can assess the risk of anthrax attacks and suitcase nukes and the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division amassing in Tajikistan, maybe I won't have to worry about where bin Laden is going to strike next...
...These days, Uzbekistan is an independent country, though still essentially a one-party state. Its strongman President Islam Karimov reluctantly signed a military cooperation agreement with Moscow last year but refuses to allow Russian troops on Uzbek territory. Now, in a precarious balancing act, it has embraced a new ally: late last week the U.S. and Uzbekistan announced they had signed an agreement giving the U.S. "extended" use of Khanabad, the biggest air base in Central Asia and once the main staging post for the Soviet Union's push into Afghanistan...
...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...
...province of Ab-khazia flared up when a troop of Chechen rebels, supported by Georgian guerrillas, invaded Abkhazia and shot down a U.N. helicopter. When unidentified planes bombed Abkhazian villages, Georgia accused Russia of provocation and Georgian and Abkhazian troops rushed to Abkhazia?s Kodori gorge, where 1,600 Russian peacekeepers stand between the warring sides. The Georgian Parliament demanded that the Russian peacekeepers be replaced with a U.N. force. ERITREA Stopping the Press The E.U. recalled its ambassadors from Asmara following the expulsion of Italy?s ambassador, Antonio Bandini, for expressing concern over the government?s imprisonment...