Russia throws a wrench in NATO's works by M K Bhadrakumar

Russia throws a wrench in NATO's works

President Vladimir Putin has made the North Atlantic Treaty Organization an offer it will find extremely difficult to resist - making Russia a participant in the alliance's Afghan mission. The pressure is now on the United States to embrace the idea of Russia becoming a transit route for supplies going to Afghanistan. The trouble is, Washington knows Moscow will incrementally want a bigger role for itself and its allies in Afghanistan, and those allies include China.- M K Bhadrakumar (Mar 14, '08)
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