New Russia, New Threat: Working with the West is No Longer the Goal as the Kremlin Flexes Its Muscle and Rethinks Its Role in the World

NEW RUSSIA, NEW THREAT: WORKING WITH THE WEST IS NO LONGER THE GOAL AS THE
KREMLIN FLEXES ITS MUSCLE AND RETHINKS ITS ROLE IN THE WORLD - MICHAEL MCFAUL
(LOS ANGELES TIMES, SEPTEMBER 2): Putin and his government increasingly portray
the United States as Russia's No. 1 enemy. If Americans watched Russian
state-controlled television, they would be shocked to learn that the U.S. is
surrounding Russia with military bases, fomenting pro-American revolutions in
countries neighboring Russia and seizing Russian natural resources.
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