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acceptance of,
310–311

appeal of,
249–250
,
268–272

basis for,
251

China’s anti-Japan demonstrations,
248–249
,
256–260

combating the,
300

compensatory illusions of,
251–252

economic stability tied to,
267–268

focus of,
252–253

Georgia elections (2012) and the,
253–256
,
261
,
269–270

receptivity to,
252
,
310–311

US actions supporting the,
268–271
,
301

Pukhov, Ruslan,
62

Pussy Riot,
270
,
271

Putin, Vladimir,
ix–xi
,
xii
,
xiii–xiv
,
xvii
,
xx
,
xxii
,
xxiii–xxiv
,
xxviii
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xxix
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1–2
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7
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9
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11
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14
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18
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20
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23–24
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30–31
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34
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46
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47
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49
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56–57
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64
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66
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69
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73
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75
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105
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107
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115
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117–118
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132
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134
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160
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172
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177
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193–195
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198–200
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202–203
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209
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215
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217–219
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239–241
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244
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245
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248
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263
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270–271
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274
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280–282
,
311

Putin-Xi meeting,
x
,
1–2
,
14
,
21
,
25
,
27

Q

Qaddafi, Mu’ammar,
62
,
63

R

Ramirez, Rafael,
64

Rawnsley, Adam,
90

Reagan, Ronald,
144–145
,
155
,
170
,
179
,
301
,
303

real estate,
189

Red October espionage operation,
99

Reid, Harry,
281

Remnick, David,
xxiii

Ren Zhengfei,
92

Rhodes, Ben,
xviii–xix
,
238

Rice, Condoleezza,
97

Rice, Susan,
219

Rogers, Mike,
143
,
146
,
153
,
171
,
176
,
178

Rogoff, Kenneth,
192

Rogozin, Dmitri,
xiv
,
143
,
175
,
177
,
181
,
199

rogue nations, Axis facilitation of,
4
,
14–19
,
35–36
,
67–68
,
309

Romania,
25
,
144
,
173

Romney, Mitt,
24

Rosatom,
48

Rose, Charlie,
277

Rosett, Claudia,
17
,
54
,
55

Rothkopf, David,
xxiii

Rouhani, Hassan,
xx
,
45
,
166
,
284–286

rule of law, supporting the,
238
,
297–298

Russia.
See also
Crimean crisis (2014)
;
Georgia: Russian invasion of (2008)
;
US-Russia relations

Cold War,
292

energy security,
65–66
,
131
,
183
,
195–199

homosexuals in,
262
,
270

human-rights violations,
238
,
270

policy recommendations regarding,
313–314

territorial claims/disputes,
131

Victory Day Putin speech,
xiii–xiv

Winter Olympics (2014),
14
,
222
,
262

Russia, economic strategy

Africa,
206–207

challenges to,
183–185
,
193–194
,
197–198
,
212

Customs Union,
199

for growth,
65–66
,
194–195
,
195

infrastructure development,
65–66
,
194

Latin America,
209–211

military-related,
xxviii–xxix
,
60
,
65–66
,
69
,
209–210

Russia, foreign relations

economic,
xxviii–xxix
,
27
,
47–48
,
60
,
65–66
,
69

Egypt,
xxiv–xxv
,
69

France,
xxviii–xxix
,
130

infrastructure development,
65–66

Middle East,
xxiv–xxv

Syria,
xvii
,
6
,
56–59
,
61–63
,
138

trade,
46

Venezuela,
65–66

Russia-Iran relations

cyber warfare,
20

drone technology,
225

economic,
27
,
47–48
,
60

military defense,
15
,
46
,
60

nuclear program,
15
,
25
,
43–46
,
44
,
47–49
,
166
,
225

trade,
46

Russian Business Network (R.B.N.),
96

Russian Orthodox Church,
270

Ryabkov, Sergei,
43
,
49

S

Saakashvili, Mikheil,
253
,
254–256
,
261
,
305
,
311

Salehi, Ali Akbar,
43

Satanovsky, Yevgeny,
49

Saudi Arabia,
xxiv
,
75
,
76
,
77–78
,
287

Scarborough Shoals,
126–127

Schiavenza, Matt,
289

Schmidt, Eric,
71
,
94

Schmidt, Howard,
77

Scientific Cooperation Agreement,
54

Sea of Japan,
22
,
37
,
106–107

Second Thomas Shoal,
xvi

Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands,
22
,
85
,
107
,
127
,
257

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,
226
,
273

Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act,
238
,
297

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),
12
,
12–13

Sharif, Nawaz,
167–168

Shekau, Abubakar,
xx

Shelton, William,
71

“shirtsleeves summit,”
36
,
71–72

Shunghui International Holdings,
181–182

Siberia,
185

Sikorski, Radek,
174

Simes, Dimitri,
215

el-Sisi, Abdel Fattah,
xxiv
,
69

Skorobogatov, Sergei,
92

Smithfield Foods,
181–182

Snowdon, Edward,
xvi–xvii
,
4
,
19–20
,
72–74
,
215
,
216–218
,
284
,
300–301
,
306

Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo,
206

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander,
262

South Africa,
202

South China Sea,
xv
,
xxi
,
126–128
,
163
,
290

South Korea

China relations,
xv

North Korea relations,
17
,
28
,
41
,
55
,
144

US military in,
288–290

Soviet Union collapse, CIA intelligence failures,
227

Spegele, Brian,
xi

Spratly Islands,
xv–xvi
,
22

Spudis, Paul D.,
138–139

stealth technology,
136–137

Stevens, Christopher,
119

Steyn, Mark,
215
,
230

Strait of Malacca,
126

Sudan,
17
,
185

Sun Jianguo,
xxii

Sunni movements,
45

Svallfors, Stefan,
217–218

Svetova, Zoya,
237

Syria

Axis and,
4
,
17–18
,
56–63

Iran-Russia alliance, effect on,
47

Israeli airstrikes against,
61
,
286

Russian influence, results of,
309–310

state sponsored terrorism,
57–58
,
60–61

US foreign policy,
xvii

Syria, foreign relations

China,
58
,
63

economic,
27
,
60–61

energy security,
65

for infrastructure development,
61

Iran,
45

military defense,
18
,
56–57
,
60
,
138

North Korea,
35
,
54
,
229

nuclear related,
54

nuclear technology support,
35
,
229

Russia,
xvii
,
6
,
27
,
56–59
,
61–63
,
138

trade,
63

Venezuela,
65

Syrian conflict

allies commitment in,
294

chemical weapons use,
xxvi
,
6
,
18
,
56–59
,
68
,
238
,
281
,
309

drone technology,
135

Russian support,
138

UN sanctions,
58

US and the,
xxiii
,
xxvi
,
xxxii
,
6
,
141
,
280–283
,
299
,
310

T

Taheri, Amir,
47

Tajikistan,
12
,
199

Talbott, Strobe,
ix

Talib, Nasim,
227

Target,
75
,
80
,
99

technology sharing, RC Axis,
21

Telvent (Schneider Electric),
89

territorial disputes, lands/waters Arctic seafloor,
131

Axis alliance over,
4
,
27

East China Sea,
128

Northern Territories (Kurils),
107

Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands,
22
,
85–86
,
107
,
127
,
257

US focus on,
107
,
296

terrorism, state-sponsored

Axis in facilitating,
4
,
17
,
35

Iran,
55–56

Syria,
57–58
,
60–61

Venezuela,
65

Third Taiwan Crisis (1996),
125

Thompson, Mark,
xxvii

Totten, Michael,
41–42

trade relations.
See by country

Transatlantic Free Trade Area,
294

Transnistria, Moldova,
xiv

Trans-Pacific Partnership,
184

Travers, Russ,
227

Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation,
13

Truman, Harry,
226

Turkey,
xxv
,
84
,
287
,
307

Turkmenistan,
186

Tusk, Donald,
174

U

Ukraine

denuclearization, consequences of,
160–161

energy dependency,
196
,
199–200

Orange Revolution,
274

propaganda campaign in the,
300

Russian intrusion into,
7
,
15
,
160–161
,
244
,
272
,
283–284

vulnerability to Axis power,
21

United Arab Emirates (UAE),
287

United Kingdom

Conservative Friends of Russia lobby,
271–272

intelligence warfare,
73
,
85
,
216
,
240–242

Russian relations,
xxviii
,
xxix

Syrian conflict,
58
,
294

U.N. positions, RC Axis cooperation,
4

UNSC (United Nations Security Council)

Axis opposition to,
18
,
43
,
58
,
63

chemical weapons resolution,
56
,
68

Crimea referendum vote,
4

crisis of confidence in,
xxiv

Iran sanctions,
48–49

North Korea sanctions,
38–40

US

anti-Americanism, rise in,
xxv

credibility, loss of,
xxxii–xxxiii

credibility, regaining,
277–279

economic growth,
197–198

economic strategy,
184

energy security,
89–92
,
183
,
197–198

intervention fatigue,
29

leadership role,
29–31

power/influence, global decline in,
306

superpower status, requirements for,
xxxiii

US-China relations continuing, elements supporting,
5