by Zack Beauchamp
Alejandro Sueldo thinks it's time for the U.S. to pull a Nixon-in-reverse:
Russia’s urgency to set its foot down amid China’s rise is also driven by unsuccessful attempts to assert itself on many European security issues, namely NATO and U.S. missile defense systems. Moscow has learned its lesson and wants to assure that it has a voice on Asian security matters. Shared concern over China offers Russia and the United States an opportunity to deepen relations with a strategy to engage and help contain China. Assuaging their concerns will require, among other initiatives, pressuring China to be more transparent about its military, eventually engaging China on arms control, and demonstrating that U.S. and Russian missile defense systems do not undermine China’s strategic weapons.
John Kennedy looks at how "China's Thomas Friedman" called America's war in Libyan War, while Alexey Sidorenko rounds up the Russian blogosphere's reaction to same.
The Dish 