Return to Winter: Russia, China, and the New Cold War Against America (50 page)

74
. Siddharth Ramana, “China-Pakistan Nuclear Alliance” (paper, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, August 2011), 5, 11.

75
. Kroenig, Matthew, “Exporting the Bomb: Why States Provide Sensitive Nuclear Assistance,”
American Political Science Review
103, no. 1 (February 2009): 129. Corroborated by Khan, as reported in Ramana, “China-Pakistan Nuclear Alliance.”

76
. Gertz, “China, Pakistan Reach Secret Nuclear Reactor Deal for Pakistan.”

77
. “Chinese Firm in Illegal Nuclear Exports to Pakistan,” BBC News, December 3, 2012,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20590136
.

78
. “Profile: Nawaz Sharif,” BBC News, September 24, 2013,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22167511
.

79
. “Pakistan: Navy Plans to Design Own Nuclear-Powered Submarine,”
Naval Today
, February 16, 2012,
http://navaltoday.com/2012/02/16/pakistan-navy-plans-to-design-own-nuclear-powered-submarine/
.

80
. Shaun Gregory, “The Terrorist Threat to Nuclear Weapons in Pakistan,” European Leadership Network, June 4, 2013,
http://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/the-terrorist-threat-to-nuclear-weapons-in-pakistan_613.html
.

81
. David E. Sanger and Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Confirms It Conducted 3rd Nuclear Test,”
New York Times
, February 11, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-test.html
.

82
. Duyeon Kim, “Fact Sheet: North Korea’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs” (fact sheet, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, July 2013),
http://armscontrolcenter.org/publications/factsheets/fact_sheet_north_korea_nuclear_and_missile_programs/
.

83
. Bell, “Indefensible Policies: Our Commander-in-Chief Retreats.”

84
. “North Korea: Overview” (profile, Nuclear Threat Initiative, updated December 2013),
http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/north-korea/
.

85
. Kim, “Fact Sheet: North Korea’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs.”

86
. “North Korea’s Nuclear Work Is Beyond Sanctions’ Ability to Constrain: Experts,” Yahoo! News, September 25, 2013,
http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreas-nuclear-beyond-sanctions-ability-constrain-experts-110203903--politics.html
.

87
. “In Focus: North Korea’s Nuclear Threats,”
New York Times
, updated April 16, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-questions.html
.

88
. Bell, “Indefensible Policies: Our Commander-in-Chief Retreats.”

89
. Chuck Hagel, “Missile Defense Announcement,” March 15, 2013,
http://www.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1759
.

90
. “A Failure to Intercept,” editorial,
New York Times
, July 24, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/opinion/a-failure-to-intercept.html
.

91
. Ibid.

92
. Thom Shanker, “Missile Defense Interceptor Misses Target in Test,”
New York Times
, July 5, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/06/us/missile-defense-interceptor-misses-target-in-test.html
.

93
. Gertz, “Armed Services Subcommittee Chair: Missile Defense Modernization Needed.”

94
. Ibid.

95
. Michael R. Gordon, “U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles,”
New York Times
, May 22, 2006,
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/22/world/middleeast/22missiles.html
.

96
. Nikolai Sokov, “A Second Sighting of Russian Tactical Nukes in Kaliningrad,” Center for Nonproliferation Studies, February 15, 2011,
http://cns.miis.edu/stories/110215_kaliningrad_tnw.htm#fn2
.

97
. Adrian Bloomfield, “Russia Piles Pressure on EU Over Missile Shield,”
The Telegraph
, December 15, 2013,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1569495/Russia-piles-pressure-on-EU-over-missile-shield.html
.

98
. “Kaliningrad: European Fears Over Russian Missiles,” BBC News, December 16, 2013,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25407284
.

99
. “Putin Says NSA Surveillance ‘Necessary’ to Fight Terrorism,” Fox News, December 19, 2013,
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/19/putin-says-nsa-surveillance-necessary-but-should-be-limited/
.

100
. Peter Baker, “White House Scraps Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield,”
New York Times
, September 17, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/world/europe/18shield.html
.

101
. Ibid.

102
. Ibid.

103
. Benjamin Weinthal, “How Obama Lost Poland,”
Foreign Policy
, August 2, 2012,
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/30/how_obama_lost_poland
.

104
. Julian E. Barnes and Megan K. Stack, “Russia’s Putin Praises Obama’s Missile Defense Decision,”
Los Angeles Times
, September 19, 2009,
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/19/world/fg-missile-defense19
.

105
. Stephen J. Flanagan, “No, Obama Did Not Abandon Poland,”
Foreign Policy
, October 31, 2012,
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/31/no_obama_did_not_abandon_poland
.

106
. Marcin Sobczyk, “WikiLeaks Helps Poland Get Clarity on U.S. Relations,”
Emerging Europe
(blog),
Wall Street Journal
, December 1, 2010,
http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2010/12/01/wikileaks-helps-poland-get-clarity-on-us-relations/
.

107
. “New Arms Race? Poland to Spend Fortune on Missile Defense,” RT, October 19, 2012,
http://rt.com/politics/poland-missile-defense-invest-791/
.

108
. Ian Traynor, “WikiLeaks Cables: Poland Wants Missile Shield to Protect Against Russia,”
The Guardian
, December 6, 2010,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/06/wikileaks-cables-poland-russia-shield
.

109
. Andrew E. Kramer, “Russian General Makes Threat on Missile-Defense Sites,”
New York Times
, May 3, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/world/europe/russian-general-threatens-pre-emptive-attacks-on-missile-defense-sites.html
.

110
. “Russia Expects Missile Shield ‘Flexibility’ From Reelected Obama,” RIA Novosti, August 11, 2012,
http://en.rian.ru/world/20121108/177294455.html
.

111
. David M. Herszenhorn and Michael R. Gordon, “U.S. Cancels Part of Missile Defense That Russia Opposed,”
New York Times
, March 16, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/world/europe/with-eye-on-north-korea-us-cancels-missile-defense-russia-opposed.html
.

112
. Gertz, “Armed Services Subcommittee Chair: Missile Defense Modernization Needed.”

113
. Bell, “Indefensible Policies: Our Commander-in-Chief Retreats.”

114
. Kyl, “America’s Nuclear Deterrent—and Defenses—Are Eroding Fast.”

115
. Ibid.

116
. Gertz, “Russia Conducts Test of New ICBM Designed to Defeat U.S. Defenses.”

117
. Bell, “Indefensible Policies: Our Commander-in-Chief Retreats.”

118
. “S-500 Prometheus,” Missile Threat Project of the George C. Marshall and Claremont Institutes, April 26, 2013,
http://missilethreat.com/defense-systems/s-500/
.

119
. Bill Gertz, “Russian Defense Radar, Missiles Worry U.S. Officials,”
Washington Free Beacon
, July 3, 2013,
http://freebeacon.com/russian-defense-radar-missiles-worry-u-s-officials/
.

120
. Gertz, “Armed Services Subcommittee Chair: Missile Defense Modernization Needed.”

121
. Julie Pace, “Obama Berlin Speech Renews Calls for Nuclear Reductions,”
Huffington Pos
t, June 19, 2013,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/obama-berlin-speech_n_3466264.html
.

CHAPTER 6: THE ECONOMIC CONTEST

1
. Vanessa Wong, “Q&A: Peter Navarro on America’s Death by China,”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, August 22, 2012,
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-22/q-and-a-peter-navarro-on-americas-death-by-china
.

2
. Alexander Tanas, “Russia Warns Moldova Over Its Pro-Europe Push,” Reuters, September 3, 2013,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-moldova-russia-idUSBRE9820VI20130903
.

3
. Marilyn Geewax, “Smithfield Says Pork Won’t Change, but Some Aren’t Buying It,” NPR, July 10, 2013,
http://www.npr.org/2013/07/09/200393587/smithfield-says-pork-won-t-change-but-some-aren-t-buying-it
.

4
. Dana Mattioli, Dana Cimillucca, and David Kesmodel, “China Makes Biggest U.S. Play,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 30, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324412604578512722044165756.html
.

5
. Heriberto Araújo and Juan Pablo Cardenal, “China’s Economic Empire,”
New York Times
, June 1, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/chinas-economic-empire.html
.

6
. Scott Rose and Olga Tanas, “Putin Turns Black Gold to Bullion as Russia Outbuys World,” Bloomberg News, February 11, 2013,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-10/putin-turns-black-gold-into-bullion-as-russia-out-buys-world.html
.

7
. Araújo and Cardenal, “China’s Economic Empire.”

8
. Ibid.

9
. Ibid.

10
. Ibid.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Chris Hogg, “China Banks Lend More Than World Bank—Report,” BBC News, January 18, 2011,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12212936
.

14
. Ibid.

15
. Matt Krantz and Elizabeth Weise, “China Continues to Target U.S. Companies,”
USA Today
, May 29, 2013,
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/05/29/china-shuanghui-smithfield/2369565/
.

16
. Parija Kavilanz, “China’s Expensive Love Affair With Pork,” CNN Money, May 29, 2013,
http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/29/news/companies/smithfield-foods
.

17
. Bill Vlasic, “Chinese Creating New Auto Niche Within Detroit,”
New York Times
, May 12, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/business/global/chinese-automakers-quietly-build-a-detroit-presence.html
.

18
. Ibid.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Carol E. Lee and Damian Paletta, “U.S. to File WTO Charges on China,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 17, 2012,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443995604578001062038754322.html
.

22
. Wong, “Q&A: Peter Navarro on America’s Death by China.”

23
. Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araújo,
China’s Silent Army: The Pioneers, Traders, Fixers and Workers Who Are Remaking the World in Beijing’s Image
(New York: Random House, 2013), 33.

24
. Les Christie, “Chinese Buyers Flood U.S. Housing Market,” CNN Money, July 8, 2013,
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/08/real_estate/chinese-homebuyers/index.html
.

25
. Cardenal and Araújo,
China’s Silent Army
, 15.

26
. John Iveson, “The Success of China’s Retail Revolution Threatens to Be the Regime’s Undoing,”
National Post
, January 2, 2013,
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/02/01/john-ivison-the-success-of-chinas-retail-revolution-threatens-to-be-the-regimes-undoing/
.

27
. Ibid.

28
. “Chinese Consumers Account for 47 Percent of the World’s Luxury Goods Market,”
Chinascope
, updated November 18, 2013,
http://chinascope.org/main/content/view/5936/107/
.

29
. Ibid.

30
. Ibid.

31
. Philip LeBeau, “New Study Finds China Manufacturing Costs Rising to US Level,” CNBC, April 18, 2013,
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100651692
.

32
. Kenneth Rapoza, “China’s Economy Firing Blanks: Second Quarter Seen Worst Than First,”
Forbes
, June 29, 2013,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/06/09/chinas-economy-firing-blanks-second-quarter-seen-worse-than-first/
.

33
. Ramy Inocencio, “China’s Economy Grows 7.8% for 2012, Better Than Expected,” CNN, January 18, 2013,
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/17/business/china-gdp-2012
.

34
. Ibid.

35
. “China’s Socialist Market Economic Reform and Its Strong Theoretical Consciousness and Confidence,”
People’s Daily Online
, October 17, 2012,
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/100668/102793/7980397.html
.

36
. Lingling Wei and William Kazer, “China Stocks Slide on Cash Crunch,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 24, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324637504578564910240873572.html
.

37
. Lingling Wei and Bob Davis, “China’s ‘Shadow Banks’ Fan Debt-Bubble Fears,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 25, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324637504578563570021019506.html
.

38
. Ibid.

39
. Ibid.

40
. Araújo and Cardenal, “China’s Economic Empire.”

41
. Keith Bradser, “China’s Grip on Economy Will Test New Leaders,”
New York Times
, November 9, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/world/asia/state-enterprises-pose-test-for-chinas-new-leaders.html
.

42
. “China GDP,” Trading Economics,
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp
.

43
. David M. Herszenhorn and Andrew E. Kramer, “Putin Puts Pensions at Risk in $43 Billion Bid to Jolt Economy,”
New York Times
, June 21, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/world/europe/russia-to-tap-reserve-funds-for-infrastructure-projects.html
.