Detail Russian-American relations: In search of détente, once again   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 392 no. 8638 (Jul. 2009), page 20. Topik: Barack Obama; Russia; America; Enemies Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.56 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel IN 1988, when the Soviet era was drawing to a close, a Russian rock band, Nautilus Pompilius, recorded a “Farewell Letter” that captured Russia’s love affair with America: Goodbye America, oh! where I have never been Farewell forever...I’ve outgrown your sand-stoned jeans They have taught us to love your forbidden fruits Goodbye America, where I will never be. As Russia was opening up to the world, it was bidding farewell to America as a dream and a Utopia. Twenty years on, half of Russia’s people feel negative about America. They see it as the country’s second-biggest enemy after Georgia, which, since last August’s war, is also a proxy for the United States. The day after Barack Obama was elected president, Dmitry Medvedev, his Russian counterpart, accused America of using the conflict in Georgia as a pretext for moving NATO’s warships to the Black Sea and speeding up the imposition of its missile defence system in eastern Europe. America’s unilateralism, he said, was also to blame for the world’s economic woes. As a counter to America’s missile-defence plans, Mr Medvedev threatened to place rockets in Kaliningrad, Russia’s enclave between Poland and Lithuania. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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