On a range of issues, Russia has used its power in the Security Council to act as a bureaucratic spoiler, complicating or in some cases burying American- and European-backed initiatives in a thicket of U.N. rules and procedures. The effort, according to diplomats, is part of a strategy by Russia to limit the freedom of action of the United States and its Western allies, which still possess the ability and the inclination to intervene at will. - washingtonpost/world/national-security/us-russia-tangle-on-the-un-stage-despite-shared-interests/2013/06/04/a1529f8a-ca01-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:00:46 +0000
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