Return to Winter: Russia, China, and the New Cold War Against America (51 page)

44
. Ibid.

45
. Lukas I. Alpert and Andrey Ostroukh, “Russia Looks to Weaker Ruble for Revival,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 18, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324021104578553343831156974.html
.

46
. Ibid.

47
. David M. Herszenhorn and Andrew E. Kramer, “Oil Wealth Ebbing, Russia Needs to Lure Foreign Capital,”
New York Times
, June 20, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/world/europe/oil-wealth-reduced-russia-needs-to-lure-foreign-capital.html
.

48
. “Russia GDP,” Trading Economics,
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp
.

49
. “Russia’s APEC Integration ‘Just Beginning’—Experts,” RIA Novosti, September 2, 2012,
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20120902/175545911.html
.

50
. Daniel Wiser, “U.S. Fracking Threatens Russia’s Energy Dominance,”
Washington Free Beacon
, August 14, 2013,
http://freebeacon.com/u-s-fracking-threatens-russias-energy-dominance/
.

51
. Nina Poussenkova, “Rethinking Russia: The Global Expansion of Russia’s Energy Giants,”
Journal of International Affairs
63, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2010): 103–124,
http://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/global-expansion-russia’s-energy-giants
.

52
. “Gazprom, GDF Suez to Mull Possible Extension of Nord Stream,” Itar-Tass, June 21, 2013,
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/780271.html
.

53
. Brian Bremner, “Why Is Vladimir Putin Acting So Crazy?”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, April 29, 2013,
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/147824-why-is-vladimir-putin-acting-so-crazy

54
. Elena Mazneva and Olga Tanas, “Russia Pressures Ukraine on Gas as Biden Pledges Support,”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, April 22, 2014,
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-04-22/russia-pressures-ukraine-on-gas-as-biden-pledges-energy-support
.

55
. James Marson and Joe Parkinson, “In Reversal, Neighbors Squeeze Russia’s Gazprom Over Natural-Gas Prices,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 1, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324240804578414912310902382.html
.

56
. Wiser, “U.S. Fracking Threatens Russia’s Energy Dominance.”

57
. Bremner, “Why Is Vladimir Putin Acting So Crazy?”

58
. Wiser, “U.S. Fracking Threatens Russia’s Energy Dominance.”

59
. Bremner, “Why Is Vladimir Putin Acting So Crazy?”

60
. Marson and Parkinson, “In Reversal, Neighbors Squeeze Russia’s Gazprom.”

61
. Bremner, “Why Is Vladimir Putin Acting So Crazy?”

62
. Marson and Parkinson, “In Reversal, Neighbors Squeeze Russia’s Gazprom.”

63
. Bremner, “Why Is Vladimir Putin Acting So Crazy?”

64
. Tanas, “Russia Warns Moldova Over Its Pro-Europe Push.”

65
. François Lenoir, “Between Two Stools: Ukraine Says EU Trade Deal Certain, Russia-Led Union Also an Option,” RT, September 25, 2013,
http://rt.com/business/russia-ukraine-customs-eu-319/
.

66
. Will England, “Ukraine Enacts Harsh Laws Against Protests,”
Washington Post
, January 17, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-enacts-harsh-laws-against-protests/2014/01/17/365f377a-7fae-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html
.

67
. Dmitry Zhdannikov and Vladimir Soldatkin, “Exclusive: Russia plans $25–$30 Billion Oil-for-Loans Deal With China,” Reuters, February 13, 2013,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-rosneft-china-idUSBRE91C0TB20130213
.

68
. Isabel Gorst, “China-Russia: A Whole Lot of Energy Deals,”
Beyondbrics
(blog)
Financial Times
, March 22, 2013,
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/03/22/china-russia-a-whole-lot-of-energy-deals/#axzz2OKGi1NWL
.

69
. Mike Obel, “Russia, China in Oil-for-Loan Talks That Could Be Worth $30B to the Kremlin,”
International Business Times
, February 13, 2013,
http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-china-oil-loan-talks-could-be-worth-30b-kremlin-report-1083230
.

70
. David M. Herszenhorn and Chris Buckley, “China’s Leader Argues for Cooperation With Russia,”
New York Times
, March 23, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/europe/chinas-leader-argues-for-cooperation-with-russia.html
.

71
. Isabel Gorst, “China-Russia: A Whole Lot of Energy Deals.”

72
. Lydia Polgreen, “Group of Emerging Nations Plans to Form Development Bank,”
New York Times
, March 26, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/world/africa/brics-to-form-development-bank.html
.

73
. Andrew England, “Brics Agree to Create Development Bank,”
Beyondbrics
(blog),
Financial Times
, March 27, 2013,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bcbd6e0-96e5-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Olig1jJj
.

74
. Ibid.

75
. Pepe Escobar, “BRICS Go Over the Qall,”
Asia Times Online
, March 26, 2013,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-260313.html
.

76
. “The Rise of BRICS FDA and Africa,” Global Investment Trend Monitor, UN Conference on Trade and Development, March 25, 2013,
http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/webdiaeia2013d6_en.pdf
.

77
. Escobar, “BRICS Go Over the Wall.”

78
. Wang Wei, “China Becomes Africa’s Largest Trading Partner,” CRI English, December 22, 2012,
http://english.cri.cn/7146/2012/12/22/2361s739833.htm
.

79
. Peter Eigan, “Is China Good or Bad for Africa?”
Global Public Square
(blog) CNN, October 29, 2012,
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/29/is-china-good-or-bad-for-africa/
.

80
. Dambisa Moyo, luncheon, The Common Good, September 13, 2012, New York City.

81
. Eigan, “Is China Good or Bad for Africa?”

82
. Ibid.

83
. Alexander Bernard, “How the US Can Out-Invest China in Africa,”
Christian Science Monitor
, August 30, 2012,
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0830/How-the-US-can-out-invest-China-in-Africa
.

84
. Chris Buckley, “China’s Leader Tries to Calm African Fears of His Country’s Economic Power,”
New York Times
, March 25, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/world/asia/chinese-leader-xi-jinping-offers-africa-assurance-and-aid.html
.

85
. Ibid.

86
. Adam Nossitor, “China Finds Resistance to Oil Deals in Africa,”
New York Times
, September 17, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/world/africa/china-finds-resistance-to-oil-deals-in-africa.html
.

87
. Ibid.

88
. David Smith, “China Offers $20bn of Loans to African Nations,”
The Guardian
, July 19, 2012,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/19/china-offers-loans-african-nations
.

89
. “Russia Writes Off $20 Billion for African Countries,”
Pravda
, October 19, 2012,
http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/19-10-2012/122511-russia_africa-0/
.

90
. “Russia in Africa: An Alternative to China’s Investment Monopoly?”
Worldcrunch
, December 20, 2011,
http://goo.gl/0sTUIi
.

91
. Ibid.

92
. Ibid.

93
. Ibid.

94
. R. Evan Ellis, “Chinese Soft Power in Latin America: A Case Study,” National Defense University,
Joint Force Quarterly
60 (1st Quarter, January 2011),
http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/images/jfq-60/JFQ60_85-91_Ellis.pdf
.

95
. “Mao and Bolivar Would Have Been Mates, says Chavez,”
Daily Times
, December 25, 2004,
http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/foreign/25-Dec-2004/mao-and-bolivar-would-have-been-mates-says-chavez
.

96
. Kevin Gallagher, Amos Irwin, and Katherine Koleski, “The New Banks in Town: Chinese Finance in Latin America” (report, Inter-American Dialogue, February 2012),
http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/GallagherChineseFinanceLatinAmerica.pdf
.

97
. Kevin Gallagher, “Forget the Received Wisdom: Chinese Finance in Latin America Is a Win-Win,”
Poverty Matters
(blog),
The Guardian
, March 16, 2012,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/mar/16/chinese-finance-latin-america-win-win
.

98
. Shasta Darlington, “China-Latam Economic Ties Tightening,” CNN, November 19, 2012,
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/18/business/china-latam-ties/index.html
.

99
. Ibid.

100
. Colum Murphy, “China Steps Up Push Into Latin America,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 12, 2012,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443696604577647102203290514.html
.

101
. Yuri Paniev, “Russia Turning on Latin America,”
Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations
1, no. 1 (January–June 2012): 47,
http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/austral/article/view/27991/18008
.

102
. Tatyana Rusakova, “Russia Might Lose Key Ally in Latin America,”
Russia & India Report
, January 16, 2013,
http://indrus.in/articles/2013/01/16/russia_might_lose_key_ally_in_latin_america_21653.html
.

103
. Stephen J. Blank, “Russia and Latin America: Motives and Consequences” (report, Center for Hemispheric Policy, Challenges to Security in the Hemisphere Task Force, April 13, 2010),
https://umshare.miami.edu/web/wda/hemisphericpolicy/Blank_miamirussia_04-13-10.pdf
.

104
. Paniev, “Russia Turning on Latin America,” 45.

105
. Lauren Paverman and W. Alex Sanchez, “China and the End of the Monroe Doctrine,”
Foreign Policy in Focus
, December 1, 2011,
http://www.fpif.org/articles/china_and_the_end_of_the_monroe_doctrine
.

106
. Ellis, “Chinese Soft Power in Latin America.”

107
. Daniel P. Erikson, “Requiem for the Monroe Doctrine,”
Current History
107 (February 2008): 58–64,
http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/Erikson_MonroeDoctrine_Feb2008.pdf
.

108
. Loro Horta, “China on the March in Latin America,”
Deep Journal
, June 28, 2007,
http://www.deepjournal.com/p/7/a/en/814.html
.

109
. Rush Doshi and David Walter, “China’s Rising Tide in the Caribbean,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 30, 2013,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324576304579072750474072912.html
.

110
. Peter Navarro and Greg Autry, “Just Say No to Chinese Acquisitions of American Assets,”
Huffington Post
, December 12, 2012,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-navarro-and-greg-autry/china-battery-company_b_2273127.html
.

111
. Wong, “Q&A: Peter Navarro on America’s Death by China.”

CHAPTER 7: INTELLIGENCE WARS

1
. Gabriel Rodriguez, “Edward Snowden Interview Transcript,”
Policy Mic
, June 9, 2013,
http://www.policymic.com/articles/47355/edward-snowden-interview-transcript-full-text-read-the-guardian-s-entire-interview-with-the-man-who-leaked-prism
.

2
. David M. Herszenhorn, “Putin Says U.S. Trapped Snowden in Russia,”
New York Times
, July 16, 2013,
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2013/07/15/putin-says-has-effectively-trapped-snowden/ARfIcpfJEHBmuwnSJpaWTI/story.html
.

3
. Peter Muhly, “For Edward Snowden, Why Russia?” CBS News, June 24, 2013,
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57590837/for-edward-snowden-why-russia/
.

4
. Mark Steyn, “Failures of Intelligence,”
National Review
, November 23, 2012,
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333928/failures-intelligence-mark-steyn
.

5
. Ming Jinwei, “Commentary: Washington Owes World Explanations Over Troubling Spy Accusations,” Xinhua, June 23, 2013,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-06/23/c_132478464.htm
.

6
. Maria Antonova, “Snowden to Stay in Moscow Airport for Now: Lawyer,” Fox News, July 16, 2013,
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/16/snowden-to-stay-in-moscow-airport-for-now-lawyer/
.

7
. Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger, “Congressional Leaders Suggest Earlier Snowden Link to Russia,”
New York Times
, January 19, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/us/politics/congressional-leaders-suggest-snowden-was-working-for-russia.html
.

8
. Muhly, “For Edward Snowden, Why Russia?”

9
. Herszenhorn, “Putin Says U.S. Trapped Snowden in Russia.”

10
. “Putin Says NSA Surveillance ‘Necessary’ to Fight Terrorism,” Fox News, December 19, 2013,
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/19/putin-says-nsa-surveillance-necessary-but-should-be-limited/
.

11
. Tal Kopan, “Edward Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize,”
Politico
, July 15, 2013,
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/edward-snowden-nobel-peace-prize-94158.html#ixzz2ZEtVexWg
.

12
. “Venezuela, Nicaragua Offer Asylum to Snowden,” WL Central, July 6, 2013,
http://wlcentral.org/node/2844
.

13
. Jinwei, “Washington Owes World Explanations Over Troubling Spy Accusations.”

14
. Eli Lake, “Sorry, Snowden: Putin Lied to You About His Surveillance State—And Made You a Pawn of It,”
The Daily Beast
, April 18, 2014,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/17/sorry-snowden-putin-lied-to-you-about-his-surveillance-state-and-made-you-a-pawn-of-it.html
.