Russia
Moscow Bolsters Yukos Empire
The Yukos oil company has emerged as the Kremlin's second powerful arm in the energy strategy it crafted towards Europe and the U.S. following September, 2001.
Syria, United States
How Powell Twisted Assad's Arm
First came the threats and then the tough bargaining. The State Department is deploying an aggressive strategy to force Syrian president Bachar Assad to change his country's policies in a lasting manner. [...]
Published on 09/05/2003 at 10:00 GMT
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