Return to Winter: Russia, China, and the New Cold War Against America (53 page)

5
. Ibid.

6
. Ibid.

7
. “Putin, Lukashenko Hail Relations,”
New Europe
, June 3, 2012,
http://www.neurope.eu/article/putin-lukashenko-hail-relations
.

8
. Barbara Demick and Julie Makinen, “China Government’s Hand Seen in Anti-Japan Protests,”
Los Angeles Times
, September 20, 2012,
http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/sep/20/world/la-fg-china-japan-protests-20120921
.

9
. Ibid.

10
. Andrew Roth, “Georgia: Satellite Dishes Seized,”
New York Times
, June 21, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/world/europe/georgia-satellite-dishes-seized.html
.

11
. Ellen Barry, “Church’s Muscle Aided Win of President’s Rivals in Georgia,”
New York Times
, October 13, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/world/europe/churchs-muscle-aided-win-of-presidents-rivals-in-georgia.html
.

12
. Jennifer Rubin, “Putin Ally Lines Up Washington Insiders,”
Right Turn
(blog),
Washington Post
, September 17, 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/putin-ally-lines-up-washington-insiders/2012/09/17/f0c0f1b4-0113-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_blog.html

13
. Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Rising Tension—and Stakes—in Japan–China Island Dispute,”
Rendezvouz
(blog),
International Herald Tribune
, September 14, 2012,
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/rising-tension-and-stakes-in-japan-china-island-dispute
.

14
. Ibid.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Ian Johnson and Thom Shanker, “Beijing Mixes Messages Over Anti-Japan Protests,”
New York Times
, September 16, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/world/asia/anti-japanese-protests-over-disputed-islands-continue-in-china.html
.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Tatlow, “Rising Tension—and Stakes—in Japan–China Island Dispute.”

19
. William Wan, “Chinese Government Both Encourages and Reins In Anti-Japan Protests, Analysts Say,”
Washington Post
, September 19, 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-government-both-encourages-and-reins-in-anti-japan-protests-analysts-say/2012/09/17/53144ff0-00d8-11e2-b260-32f4a8db9b7e_story.html
.

20
. “Of Useful Idiots and True Believers,”
Analects
(blog),
The Economist
, September 18, 2012,
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2012/09/protests-real-and-fake
.

21
. William Wan, “Chinese Government Both Encourages and Reins In Anti-Japan Protests.”

22
. Demick and Makinen, “China Government’s Hand Seen in Anti-Japan Protests.”

23
. “Russian Anti-Gay Bill Passes, Protesters Detained,” CBS News, June 11, 2013,
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-anti-gay-bill-passes-protesters-detained/
.

24
. Cindy Boren, “Obama Names Openly Gay Athletes to Sochi Olympic Delegation,”
Washington Post
, December 18, 2013,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2013/12/18/obama-names-openly-gay-athletes-to-sochi-olympic-delegation/
.

25
. Jim Meyers, “LIGNET: China’s Coming Crash Threatens U.S. Economy, Security,”
Newsmax
, December 3, 2012,
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/lignet-china-briefing-huntsman/2012/12/03/id/466242
.

26
. Chris Buckley, “China Takes Aim at Western Ideas,”
New York Times
, August 19, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/world/asia/chinas-new-leadership-takes-hard-line-in-secret-memo.html
.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Alexander Roslyakov and Nataliya Vasilyeva, “2 Pussy Riot Members Released From Prison,” Yahoo! News, December 23, 2103,
http://news.yahoo.com/2-pussy-riot-members-released-prison-104718932.html
.

29
. Clifford J. Levy, “At Expense of All Others, Putin Picks a Church,”
New York Times
, April 24, 2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/world/europe/24church.html
.

30
. “1984 in 2014,”
The Economist
, March 29, 2014,
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21599829-new-propaganda-war-underpins-kremlins-clash-west-1984-2014
.

CHAPTER 9: COUNTERMOVES

1
. Reid J. Epstein, “White House Can’t Sway Assad—So It Aims for Putin,”
Politico
, August 26, 2013,
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/syria-vladimir-putin-barack-obama-95923.html
.

2
. John McCain, “Senator John McCain: Russians Deserve Better Than Putin,”
Pravda
, September 19, 2013,
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/19-09-2013/125705-McCain_for_pravda_ru-0/
.

3
. Daniel Calingaert, “As Democratic Freedoms Decline Globally, the US Must Do More,”
GlobalPost
, January 24. 2014,
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/US-leadership-must-advance-global-freedom-in-decline
.

4
. “Assad Says Any U.S. Strike on Syria ‘Is Going to Support al Qaeda,’” CBC News, September 19, 2013,
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/assad-says-any-us-strike-on-syria-is-going-to-support-al-qaeda/
.

5
. Madeleine Albright, “Transcript: Albright Interview on NBC TV February 19,” Federation of American Scientists, February 19, 1998,
http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/02/19/98021907_tpo.html
.

6
. George Friedman, “Obama’s Tightrope Walk,”
Stratfor Geopolitical Weekly
, September 13, 2013,
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/obamas-tightrope-walk
.

7
. David Keyes, “How Iran, Putin, and Assad Outwitted America,”
Daily Beast
, January 16, 2014,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/16/how-iran-putin-and-assad-outwitted-america.html
.

8
. Tal Kopan, “John Kerry Under Fire for ‘Unbelievably Small’ Comment,”
Politico
, September 9, 2013,
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/syria-john-kerry-unbelievably-small-comment-96461.html
.

9
. Ibid.

10
. Josh Rogin, “Bill Clinton: Obama May Look Like a ‘Wuss’ Over Syria,”
Daily Beast
, June 13, 2013,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/13/bill-clinton-obama-may-look-like-a-wuss-over-syria.html
.

11
. Vladimir Putin, “A Plea for Caution From Russia,”
New York Times
, September 11, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html
.

12
. Steven Lee Meyers, “As Obama Pauses Action, Putin Takes Center Stage,”
New York Times
, September 11, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/world/europe/as-obama-pauses-action-putin-takes-center-stage.html
.

13
. “Elite Syrian Unit Scatters Chemical Arms Stockpile,”
Daily Alert
, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 13, 2013,
http://www.dailyalert.org/rss/Mainissues.php?id=49586
.

14
. Michael McAuliffe, “John Boehner on Putin Op-Ed: ‘I Was Insulted’ (VIDEO),”
Huffington Post
, September 12, 2013,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/john-boehner-putin_n_3914708.html
.

15
. McCain, “Russians Deserve Better Than Putin.”

16
. Julia Ioffe, “The Syria Solution: Obama Got Played by Putin and Assad,”
New Republic
, September 10, 2013,
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114655/obama-syria-policy-octopus-fighting-itself
.

17
. James Bruno, “Russian Diplomats Are Eating America’s Lunch,”
Politico
, April 16, 2014,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/04/russias-diplomats-are-better-than-ours-105773.html
.

18
. “Transcript of Thursday’s Democratic Presidential Debate,” CNN, January 31, 2008,
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/31/dem.debate.transcript
.

19
. Epstein, “White House Can’t Sway Assad—So It Aims for Putin.”

20
. “Reading Tweets From Iran,”
New York Times
, editorial, August 25, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/opinion/reading-tweets-from-iran.html
.

21
. Thomas Erdbrink and Mark Landler, “Iran Said to Seek a Nuclear Accord to End Sanctions,”
New York Times
, September 19, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/world/middleeast/iran-said-to-seek-a-nuclear-accord-to-end-sanctions.html
.

22
. Rachelle Younglai and Paul Carrel, “Lawmakers Target ECB to Stop Iran From Using Euros,” Reuters, February 21, 2013,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/us-ecb-iran-idUSBRE91K0V420130221
.

23
. Ben Hartman, “US officials: Israel Is Responsible for Syrian Missile Depot Attack,”
Jerusalem Post
, July 13, 2013,
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-officials-Israel-is-responsible-for-Syrian-missile-depot-attack-319688
.

24
. Abraham Rabinovich, “Analysis: Israel’s Airstrikes on Syria Give Notice to Iran, U.S.,”
Washington Times
, May 10, 2013,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/10/israel-airstrikes-syria-give-notice-iran-us/
.

25
. Andrew Brookes, “What Would an Air Attack on Iran Look Like?” Royal United Service Institute, March 30, 2012,
http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4F7572130F2E4/#.Ug0SFNLMAmE
.

26
. “Israel May Join Defense Pact With Saudi Arabia, UAE,”
Times of Israel
, May 5, 2013,
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-reportedly-may-join-defense-pact-with-saudi-arabia-uae/
.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Paul Brandus, “How the U.S. Should Deal With North Korea,”
The Week
, April 4, 2013,
http://theweek.com/article/index/242316/how-the-us-should-deal-with-north-korea
.

29
. Nicholas Eberstadt, “A Route to Reining in North Korea,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 5, 2103,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324482504578453451317183488.html
.

30
. Brandus, “How the U.S. Should Deal With North Korea.”

31
. Gi-Wook Shin, Thomas Fingar, and David Straub, “A Chance to Defuse North Korea,”
New York Times
, June 5, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/opinion/global/a-chance-to-defuse-north-korea.html
.

32
. Matt Schiavenza, “Can China Stop North Korea?”
Atlantic
, April 3, 2013,
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/04/can-china-stop-north-korea/274626/
.

33
. Jeyup S. Kwaak, “Seoul Asks U.S. to Delay Transfer of Military Command,”
Wall Street Journal
, July 17, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324448104578611172058809496.html
.

34
. Loren Thompson, “Defense Cuts: Four Navy Programs to Watch Closely,”
Forbes
, September 13, 2013,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2013/09/13/defense-cuts-four-navy-programs-to-watch-closely/
.

35
. George Nishiyama, “Abe Visit to Controversial Japanese Shrine Draws Rare U.S. Criticism,”
Wall Street Journal
, December 26, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304483804579281103015121712
.

36
. Michael O’Hanlon,
Healing the Wounded Giant
(Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2013), 74.

37
. Ibid.

38
. Ibid., 69.

39
. Michèle Flournoy and Janine Davidson, “Obama’s New Global Posture,”
Foreign Affairs
, July/August 2012,
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137717/michele-flournoy-and-janine-davidson/obamas-new-global-posture
.

40
. Dan Box, “Collaboration With US Military to Increase,”
The Australian
, May 4, 2013,
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/collaboration-with-us-military-to-increase/story-fn59niix-1226634960569
.

41
. Manuel Mogato, “Philippines Offers U.S. Forces Access to Military Bases,” Reuters, March 14, 2014,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/us-philippines-usa-idUSBREA2D0GE20140314
.

42
. Dan Box, “Collaboration With US Military to Increase.”

43
. Michèle Flournoy, “The Smart-Shopping Way to Cut Defense Spending,”
Wall Street Journal
, July 7, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323419604578575613750348712.html
.

44
. Hugh White, meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations, October 28, 2013.

45
. Matthew Kroenig, “The Case for Overkill,”
Foreign Policy
, June 20, 2013,
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/19/the_case_for_overkill
.

46
. Matthew Kroenig, “Think Again: American Nuclear Disarmament,”
Foreign Policy
, September 4, 2013,
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/03/think_again_american_nuclear_disarmament

47
. Thom Patterson, “Does Cutting U.S. Nukes Really Matter?” CNN, June 19, 2013,
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/politics/obama-us-nuclear-strategy
.

48
. Michael O. Hanlon, “A Moderate Plan for Additional Defense Budget Cuts” (paper, Brookings Institution, February 2013),
http://goo.gl/NxjGka
.

49
. “Russia Builds Missile Defense It Would Deny U.S.,” editorial,
Investor’s Business Daily
, July 3, 2013,
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/070313-662526-russia-builds-armavir-missile-defense-radar.htm
.

50
. Brendan Bordelon, “Republican Senator Urges East Coast Missile Defense Base,”
Daily Caller
, July 24, 2013,
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/24/republican-senator-urges-east-coast-missile-defense-base/
.