Return to Winter: Russia, China, and the New Cold War Against America (44 page)

70
. Baker, “Abe’s Strategy.”

71
. “Putin’s European Enablers,” editorial,
Wall Street Journal
, May 18, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303908804579564140684929388
.

72
. “Why France Still Sells Warships to Putin,”
Chronicle Herald
, May 16, 2014,
http://thechronicleherald.ca/world/1208004-why-france-still-sells-warships-to-putin
.

73
. Stacey Meichtry, “France Moves to Defy Allies on Sale of Warship to Russia,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 4, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/articles/france-moves-to-defy-allies-on-sale-of-warship-to-russia-1401877000
.

74
. Andrew Higgins, “Far-Right Fever for a Europe Tied to Russia,”
New York Times
,
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/world/europe/europes-far-right-looks-to-russia-as-a-guiding-force.html
.

75
. John Vinocur, “Vladimir Putin’s Woman in Paris,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 26, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303903304579585792206384568
.

76
. “President Obama Misses a Chance on Foreign Affairs,” editorial,
New York Times
, May 28, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/opinion/president-obama-misses-a-chance-on-foreign-affairs.html
.

77
. “Doubts and Obama’s Diplomacy,” editorial,
Financial Times
, May 28, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3dc73d02-e66d-11e3-9a20-00144feabdc0.html#axzz33OCPo8qq
.

78
. John Bolton, “Doubling Down on a Muddled Foreign Policy,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 28, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/articles/john-bolton-doubling-down-on-a-muddled-foreign-policy-1401317355
.

79
. Thomas Erdbrink, “Iran’s Leader Says Obama Has Removed Military Option,”
New York Times
, June 4, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/world/middleeast/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-sees-change-in-west-point-speech.html
.

80
. “What Would America Fight For?”
The Economist
, May 3, 2014,
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21601508-nagging-doubt-eating-away-world-orderand-superpower-largely-ignoring-it-what
.

81
. Mike Dorning, “Obama as Reluctant Warrior Backed by Combat-Weary Voters,” Bloomberg News, May 16, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-16/obama-as-reluctant-warrior-backed-by-combat-weary-voters.html
.

82
. Robert Kagan, “Superpowers Don’t Get to Retire,”
New Republic
, May 26, 2014,
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117859/allure-normalcy-what-america-still-owes-world
.

UPDATED FORWORD, 2015

1
. Paul Sonne and James Marson, “Putin Hails Russia-China Ties While Rosneft Does Deals With West,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 19, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-hails-russia-china-ties-while-rosneft-does-deals-with-west-1434751773
.

2
. Michael Weiss and James Miller, “New Putin Invasion Coming This Summer,”
Daily Beast
, May 17, 2015,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/17/new-putin-invasion-coming-this-summer.html
.

3
. “More Russian Troops and Weapons Enter East Ukraine War Zone,”
Kyiv Post
, April 12, 2015,
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/more-russian-troops-and-weapons-enter-east-ukraine-war-zone-386004.html
.

4
. Robert Hackett, “Russian Cyberwar Advances Military Interests in Ukraine, Report Says,”
Fortune
, April 29, 2015,
http://fortune.com/2015/04/29/russian-cyberwar-ukraine
.

5
. “The Russians Are Coming, Again,” editorial,
Wall Street Journal
, May 28, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-russians-are-coming-again-1432853799
.

6
. Andrew E. Kramer and Michael R. Gordon, “Russia Sent Tanks to Separatists in Ukraine, U.S. Says,”
New York Times
, June 13, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/world/europe/ukraine-claims-full-control-of-port-city-of-mariupol.html
. See also Neil MacFarquhar and Michael R. Gordon, “Ukraine Leader Says ‘Huge Loads of Arms’ Pour In From Russia,”
New York Times
, August 28, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/ukraine-conflict.html
.

7
. Paul Roderick Gregory, “New Study on the Shooting Down of MH17 Points to Russian Forces,”
Forbes
, January 12, 2015,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2015/01/12/new-study-on-the-shooting-down-of-mh17-points-to-russian-forces
.

8
. “Putin Reveals Secrets of Russia’s Crimea Takeover Plot,” BBC News, March 9, 2015,
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31796226
.

9
. Laura Smith-Spark, Alla Eshchenko, and Emma Burrows, “Russia Was Ready to Put Nuclear Forces on Alert Over Crimea, Putin Says,” CNN, March 16, 2015,
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/16/europe/russia-putin-crimea-nuclear
.

10
. Graham Allison and Dimitri K. Simes, “Russia and America: Stumbling to War,”
National Interest
, April 20, 2015,
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/russia-america-stumbling-war-12662
.

11
. Helle Dale, “Putin Sets His Sights on the Baltic States,”
Newsweek
, July 14, 2015,
http://www.newsweek.com/putin-sets-his-sights-baltic-states-353682
.

12
. “China’s Maritime Disputes,” Council on Foreign Relations InfoGuide Presentation, accessed May 11, 2015,
http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/chinas-maritime-disputes/p31345#!
.

13
. Jane Perlez, “China Building Aircraft Runway in Disputed Spratly Islands,”
New York Times
, April 16, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/world/asia/china-building-airstrip-in-disputed-spratly-islands-satellite-images-show.html
.

14
. Josh Rogin, “U.S. Misses Real Threat of China’s Fake Islands,”
Bloomberg View
, April 2, 2015,
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-02/u-s-misses-real-threat-of-china-s-fake-islands
.

15
. Ted Galen Carpenter, “Is America About to Make a Fatal Mistake in the South China Sea?”
National Interest
, May 18, 2015,
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-about-make-fatal-mistake-the-south-china-sea-12905
.

16
. John Blosser, “China Warns War May Be Coming With US,”
Newsmax
, May 26, 2015,
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/china-united-states-south-china-sea-navy/2015/05/26/id/646828/#ixzz3n6AD9HMG
.

17
. Ibid.

18
. “Kaiser Xi’s Navy,” editorial,
Wall Street Journal
, May 29, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/kaiser-xis-navy-1432939293
.

19
. Andrew Browne, “Stuck on a Reef, a Bilateral Relationship Founders,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 19, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/stuck-on-a-reef-a-bilateral-relationship-founders-1432017372
.

20
. Bill Gertz, “Verifying Iran Nuclear Deal Not Possible, Experts Say,”
Washington Free Beacon
, April 6, 2015,
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/verifying-iran-nuclear-deal-not-possible-experts-say
.

21
. Ray Takeyh, “How Iran Can Game the Deal,”
Politico
, April 3, 2015,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/iran-deal-flaws-116655
.

22
. Noah Browning and David Alexander, “Iranian Revolutionary Guards Seize Cargo Ship in Gulf,” Reuters, April 28, 2015,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/28/us-iran-usa-ship-guards-idUSKBN0NJ27R20150428
.

23
. Louisa Loveluck and David Lawler, “Iran ‘Seizes Cargo Ship’ in What US Calls a ‘Provocative Act’ in the Gulf,”
The Telegraph
, April 28, 2015,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11568724/Iranian-force-seizes-US-cargo-ship
.

24
. Eliott C. McLaughlin, “Iran’s Supreme Leader: There Will Be No Such Thing as Israel in 25 Years,” CNN, September 11, 2015,
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/middleeast/iran-khamenei-israel-will-not-exist-25-years
.

25
. Tzvi Kahn, “FPI Bulletin: China-Iran Strategic Partnership Undermines Nuclear Talks,” Foreign Policy Initiative, April 27, 2015,
http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/content/fpi-bulletin-china-iran-strategic-partnership-undermines-nuclear-talks
.

26
. “Iran’s Navy Commander in China to Discuss Wider Military Cooperation,” Fars News Agency, October 9, 2014,
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930727000256
.

27
. Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., “Navy Strains to Handle Both China and Iran at Once,”
Breaking Defense
, May 21, 2012,
http://breakingdefense.com/2012/05/navy-strains-to-handle-both-china-and-iran-at-once
.

28
. Armin Rose, “Russia and Iran Just Showed How ‘They Can Do Whatever They Like’ Right Now,”
Business Insider
, April 13, 2015,
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-is-selling-a-game-changing-missile-system-to-iran-2015-4#ixzz3acPMutbQ
.

29
. Amir Taheri, “An Iran-Russia Axis,”
New York Post
, December 7, 2014,
http://nypost.com/2014/12/07/an-iran-russia-axis
.

30
. Kathrin Hille and John Reed, “Russia to Deploy 2,000 in Syria Air Base Mission’s ‘First Phase,’”
Financial Times
, September 21, 2015,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/95971a4e-607d-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html#axzz3mgDIAs2e
.

31
. Jethro Mullen, “Is Russia Preparing to Move Troops to 2 New Syria Bases?” CNN, September 23, 2015,
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/middleeast/syria-russia-military-buildup
.

32
. Dion Nissenbaum and Carol E. Lee, “Russia Expands Military Presence in Syria, Satellite Photos Show,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 22, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-expands-military-its-presence-in-syria-satellite-photos-show-1442937150
.

33
. Michael Weiss, “Russia Is Sending Jihadis to Join ISIS,”
Daily Beast
, August 23, 2015,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/23/russia-s-playing-a-double-game-with-islamic-terror0.html
.

34
. Deb Riechmann and Lolita C. Baldor, “Top General: Only a Handful of US-Trained Syrian Fighters Remain in Battle Against ISIS,” Associated Press, September 16, 2015,
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/09/16/general-only-handful-of-syrian-fighters-remain-in-battle
.

35
. Doug Bandow, “Friends With Benefits: Russia and North Korea’s Twisted Tango,”
National Interest
, March 6, 2015,
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/friends-benefits-russia-north-koreas-twisted-tango-12369
.

36
. Jeremy Page and Jay Solomon, “China Warns North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Rising,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 22, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-warns-north-korean-nuclear-threat-is-rising-1429745706
.

37
. Ibid.

38
. Tom Burgis, “North Korea: The Secrets of Office 39,”
Financial Times
, June 24, 2015,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4164dfe6-09d5-11e5-b6bd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3e7Y2VwsA
.

39
. David E. Sanger and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Hacking Linked to China Exposes Millions of U.S. Workers,”
New York Times
, June 4, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/us/breach-in-a-federal-computer-system-exposes-personnel-data.html
.

40
. Michael S. Schmidt and David E. Sanger, “Russian Hackers Read Obama’s Unclassified Emails, Officials Say,”
New York Times
, April 25, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/us/russian-hackers-read-obamas-unclassified-emails-officials-say.html
.

41
. Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski, “Russia Hacks Pentagon Computers: NBC, Citing Sources,” CNBC, August 6, 2015,
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/06/russia-hacks-pentagon-computers-nbc-citing-sources.html
.

42
. Daniel Halper, “Top Spy: Hillary’s Emails ‘Likely’ Hacked by China, Russia, Iran,”
Weekly Standard
, April 7, 2015,
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/top-spy-hillarys-emails-likely-hacked-china-russia-iran_911707.html
. Also see “Ex-Obama Intel Head: ‘Very Likely’ China, Russia Hacked Hillary’s Private Email Account,”
Breitbart News
, April 7, 2015,
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/07/ex-obama-intel-head-very-likely-china-russia-hacked-hillarys-private-email-account
.

43
. Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, “Stealth B-2s Buzz Europe as Russian Bombers Skirt U.S. Airspace,”
Washington Times
, June 9, 2015,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/9/stealth-b-2s-buzz-europe-russian-bombers-skirt-us-
.

44
. Gleb Bryanski, “Russia’s Putin Calls for Stalin-Style ‘Leap forward,’” Reuters, August 31, 2012,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/us-russia-putin-stalin-idUSBRE87U16420120831
.

45
. James M. Inhofe, “It’s Time to Stop Putin’s Nuclear Arms Buildup,”
Foreign Policy
, September 8, 2014,
http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/08/its-time-to-stop-putins-nuclear-arms-buildup
.

46
. David E. Sanger and William J. Broad, “China Making Some Missiles More Powerful,”
New York Times
, May 16, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/world/asia/china-making-some-missiles-more-powerful.html
.

47
. Andrew Jacobs, “China, Updating Military Strategy, Puts Focus on Projecting Naval Power,”
New York Times
, May 26, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/world/asia/china-updating-military-strategy-puts-focus-on-projecting-naval-power.html
.