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At U.N., Russia Is Now the Indispensable Nation

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the Security Council, United Nations, New York, Sept. 24, 2014 (U.N. photo by Amanda Voisard).
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the Security Council, United Nations, New York, Sept. 24, 2014 (U.N. photo by Amanda Voisard).
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Is Russia a rogue power bent on ripping up the international rulebook? Or is it a master of diplomatic brinksmanship with an uncanny knack for turning multilateral negotiations to its advantage? Commentators in the United States and Europe increasingly fear that Moscow is set on a destructive course. Yet Western diplomats at the United Nations are frequently impressed by their Russian counterparts’ maneuvers. Last month, the Russians pulled off two small diplomatic coups in the Security Council. Shrugging off tensions over Ukraine and Syria, they initiated a resolution in early February aimed at cutting off funding to the so-called Islamic […]

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