Return to Winter: Russia, China, and the New Cold War Against America (46 page)

45
. William R. Hawkins, “‘U.S. Hegemony Ends,’”
FrontPageMag.com
, March 9, 2009,
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=34262
.

46
. Caroline Wyatt, “Bush and Putin: Best of Friends,” BBC News, June 16, 2001,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1392791.stm
.

47
. Steve Holland and Margaret Chadbourne, “Obama Describes Putin as ‘Like a Bored Kid,’” Reuters, August 9, 2013,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/09/us-usa-russia-obama-idUSBRE9780XS20130809
.

CHAPTER 2: ROGUE REGIMES

1
. Josh Rogan, “Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels,”
Daily Beast
, May 27, 2013,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/27/exclusive-john-mccain-slips-across-border-into-syria-meets-with-rebels.html
.

2
. Stephen Yates, “Name and Shame China Over North Korea Launch,”
Global Public Square
(blog), CNN, December 13, 2012,
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/13/name-and-shame-china-over-north-korea-launch/
.

3
. Ariel Cohen and Stephen Blank, “Reset Regret: Russian Global Strategy Undermines American Interests” (WebMemo #3333, Heritage Foundation, August 3, 2011),
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/08/reset-regret-russian-global-strategy-undermines-us-interests
.

4
. Gordon G. Chang, “North Korea to Launch Missile for Iran?”
World Affairs
, December 5, 2012,
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/north-korea-launch-missile-iran
.

5
. David Hearst, “Putin: We Have Lost Russia’s Trust,”
The Guardian
, November 11, 2011,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/12/putin-russia-lost-trust
.

6
. David Cohen, “Putin Wins China Peace Prize,”
The Diplomat
, November 16, 2011,
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/putin-wins-china-peace-prize/
.

7
. Jane Perlez, “Chinese President to Seek New Relationship With U.S. in Talks,”
New York Times
, May 28, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/world/asia/china-to-seek-more-equal-footing-with-us-in-talks.html
.

8
. Gordon G. Chang, “Policy Implications of China–North Korea Relations,”
International Journal of Korean Studies
16, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2012): 24,
http://www.icks.org/publication/pdf/2012-SPRING-SUMMER/3.pdf
.

9
. Christine Kim and Joyce Lee, “North Korea Warns Foreigners to Leave South Amid New Threats of War,” Reuters, April 9, 2013,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/09/us-korea-north-idUSBRE93408020130409
.

10
. Laura Smith-Spark, “Report: North Korea Launches Fourth Short-Range Missile,” CNN, May 19, 2013,
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/world/asia/north-korea-missiles/index.html
.

11
. Rick Gladstone and David E. Sanger, “New Sanctions on North Korea Pass in Unified U.N. Vote,”
New York Times
, March 7, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/world/asia/north-korea-warns-of-pre-emptive-nuclear-attack.html
.

12
. Flavia Krause-Jackson, “China Agrees to Join U.S. to End N. Korea Weapons Pursuit,” Bloomberg News, April 13, 2013,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-12/kerry-to-press-china-to-crack-down-on-north-korea-regime.html
.

13
. Jane Perlez, “China Bluntly Tells North Korea to Enter Nuclear Talks,”
New York Times
, May 24, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/world/asia/china-tells-north-korea-to-return-to-nuclear-talks.html
.

14
. Ibid.

15
. Keith Bradsher and Nick Cumming-Bruce, “China Cuts Ties With Key North Korean Bank,”
New York Times
, May 7, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/world/asia/china-cuts-ties-with-north-korean-bank.html
.

16
. Alexander Martin, “North Korea Doubles Down on China Ties,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 30, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324763404578432633025779640.html
.

17
. Malcolm Moore, “China Breaking UN Sanctions to Support North Korea,”
The Telegraph
, April 13, 2013,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9991907/China-breaking-UN-sanctions-to-support-North-Korea.html
.

18
. Ibid.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Jane Perlez, “China Ban on Items for Nuclear Use to North Korea May Stall Arms Bid,”
New York Times
, September 29, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/world/asia/china-ban-on-items-for-nuclear-use-to-north-korea-may-stall-arms-bid.html
.

22
. Choe Sang-Hun, “Activity Seen at North Korean Nuclear Plant,”
New York Times
, December 14, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/world/asia/experts-say-north-korea-may-be-producing-fuel-for-nuclear-reactor.html
.

23
. Gordon G. Chang, “How China Enables North Korea’s Mischief,”
New York Daily News
, April 3, 2013,
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/china-enables-north-korea-mischief-article-1.1305864#ixzz2UPfyAEbk
.

24
. Ibid.

25
. Ibid.

26
. Donald Kirk, “UN Blast Against North Korea Faces Chinese Rebuke, NK Rage,”
Forbes
, February 17, 2014,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/donaldkirk/2014/02/17/un-blast-against-north-korea-faces-chinese-rebuke-north-korean-rage/
.

27
. Andrei Lankov, “Why Does China Continue to Support North Korea?”
East Asia Forum
, March 4, 2010,
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/05/14/why-does-china-continue-to-support-north-korea/
.

28
. Robert Windrem, “North Korean Progress on Nuclear Arms, Long-Range Missiles Rattles US and Allies,” NBC News, December 13, 2012,
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/13/15875261-north-korean-progress-on-nuclear-arms-long-range-missiles-rattles-us-and-allies
.

29
. Michael J. Totten, “What If North Korea Is Serious?”
World Affairs
, April 11, 2013,
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/what-if-north-korea-serious
.

30
. Steven Pifer and Michael O’Hanlon, “The Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms,” Brookings.edu, October 12, 2012,
http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2012/theopportunity#ref-id=20121015_pifer
.

31
. Julia Ioffe, “The Cold War Heats Up in Syria: Why Russia Won’t Allow an Intervention,”
New Republic
, May 21, 2013,
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113255/syria-why-russia-and-united-states-cant-agree
.

32
. George L. Simpson Jr., “Iranian Reform and Stagnation: Russian and Chinese Support for Tehran,”
Middle East Quarterly
(Spring 2010): 65–66.

33
. Stephen Blank, “Nonproliferation, Russian Style,”
Journal of International Security Affairs
no. 19 (Fall/Winter 2010),
http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2010/19/blank.php#footnotes
.

34
. Ali Akbar Dareini, “Iran Nuclear Reactor at Bushehr Power Plant Begins Fueling With Help From Russia,”
Huffington Post
, August 21, 2010,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/21/iran-nuclear-reactor-bushehr_n_689911.html
.

35
. “Update on the Arak Reactor in Iran,” Institute for Science and International Security, August 25, 2009,
http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Arak_Update_25_August2009.pdf
.

36
. “US Calls Iran’s Nuclear Reactor Plans ‘Deeply Troubling,’” Voice of America News, June 5, 2013,
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-calls-iran-nuclear-reactor-plans-for-heavy-water-reactor-arak/1676038.html
.

37
. Mark N. Katz, “Why Russia Won’t Play Ball on Iran,”
The Diplomat
, June 23, 2012,
http://thediplomat.com/2012/06/why-russia-wont-play-ball-on-iran/
.

38
. “Iran President Hassan Rouhani: No Nation Should Possess Nuclear Weapons,”
The Telegraph
, September 26, 2013,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10338155/Iran-President-Hassan-Rouhani-no-nation-should-possess-nuclear-weapons.html
.

39
. “Israel PM Netanyahu Criticises Iran ‘Deal of the Century,’” BBC News, November 8, 2013,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24866004
.

40
. Jay Solomon, Carol E. Lee, and Laurence Norman, “Iranian Nuclear Accord Advances,”
Wall Street Journal
, January 12, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304549504579316643349109898
.

41
. Blank, “Nonproliferation, Russian Style.”

42
. Fred Weir, “Russia Worried About a Nuclear Iran, but Leery of U.S. Sanctions,”
Christian Science Monitor
, January 11, 2012,
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0111/Russia-worried-about-a-nuclear-Iran-but-leery-of-US-sanctions
.

43
. Blank, “Nonproliferation, Russian Style.”

44
. Amir Taheri, “The New Cold War,”
New York Post
, April 15, 2013,
http://nypost.com/2013/04/15/the-new-cold-war/#axzz2TxXegdyi
.

45
. Ibid.

46
. Scott Peterson, “Russian Nuclear Support for Iran Limited by Distrust,”
Christian Science Monitor
, September 6, 2012,
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0906/Russian-nuclear-support-for-Iran-limited-by-distrust
.

47
. “Iran Begins Loading Bushehr Nuclear Reactor,” BBC News, August 21, 2010,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11045537
.

48
. “Iran, Russia Ink Final Deal on Building New Nuclear Plants,”
AzerNews
, April 22, 2014,
http://www.azernews.az/region/66326.html
.

49
. Paul Richter, “Russia Pushing Back on Tougher Sanctions Against Iran,”
Los Angeles Times
, September 24, 2010,
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/24/world/la-fg-russia-sanctions-20100925
.

50
. Weir, “Russia Worried About a Nuclear Iran.”

51
. Ibid.

52
. Rick Gladstone, “Russia Hints at Using Iran Talks as Leverage,”
New York Times
, March 20, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/world/middleeast/russia-hints-at-using-iran-talks-as-leverage.html
.

53
. “China Must Protect Iran Even With WWIII,” Press TV, December 4, 2011,
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/213760.html
.

54
. Reza Kahlili, “China Is Helping to Arm Iran and Sidestep Sanctions Thanks to an Assist From North Korea,” Fox News, December 14, 2011,
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/14/china-is-helping-to-arm-iran-and-sidestep-sanctions-thanks-to-assist-from-north/
.

55
. Jamal Afridi and Jayshree Bajoria, “China-Pakistan Relations,” Council on Foreign Relations, July 6, 2010,
http://www.cfr.org/china/china-pakistan-relations/p10070#p2
.

56
. Joseph Farah, “China at Odds With U.S. on Iran Arms Sale,”
WND
, March 25, 2012,
http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/china-at-odds-with-u-s-on-iran-arms-sales/
.

57
. Ibid.

58
. Brian Spegele and Wayne Ma, “Asia Summit to Debate Nuclear Iran,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 5, 2012,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303830204577447932029699456.html
.

59
. Brandon Fite, “U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of China and Russia” (report, Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 2012),
http://csis.org/files/publication/REPORT_Iran_Chapter_X_China_and_Russia_Final_Revision2212.pdf
.

60
. Yeganeh Torbati and Christopher Johnson, “Factbox—Top Importers of Iranian Crude Oil,” Reuters, February 6, 2012,
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3E8C529I20120206
.

61
. Simon Webb, “Iran Buys July Gasoline From Turkey, Chinese Sellers,” Reuters, July 8, 2010,
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE6671KD20100708
.

62
. Najmah Bozorgmehr and Geoff Dyer, “China Overtakes EU as Iran’s Top Trade Partner,”
Financial Times
, February 8, 2010,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f220dfac-14d4-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html
.

63
. Barbara Slavin, “Iran Turns to China, Barter to Survive Sanctions” (report, Atlantic Council, November 2011),
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/images/files/publication_pdfs/403/111011_ACUS_IranChina.PDF
.

64
. Scott Harold and Alireza Nader, “China and Iran: Economic, Political, and Military Relations” (report, Rand Corporation, Center for Middle East Public Policy,
2012),
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2012/RAND_OP351.pdf
.

65
. Perlez, “China Ban on Items for Nuclear Use.”

66
. Claudia Rosett, “The Iran–North Korea Axis of Proliferation,”
Forbes
, March 9, 2013,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiarosett/2013/03/09/the-iran-north-korea-axis-of-proliferation/
.

67
. Donald Kirk, “Why Iranian Engineers Attended North Korea’s Failed Rocket Launch,”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 8, 2012,
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0418/Why-Iranian-engineers-attended-North-Korea-s-failed-rocket-launch
.

68
. Chang, “North Korea to Launch Missile for Iran?”

69
. David E. Sanger and Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Confirms It Conducted 3rd Nuclear Test,”
New York Times
, February 11, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-test.html
.