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Shared Sino-american Global Security Goals Would Not Mean That One Partner Dictates To The Other. U.s.-prc Differences Will Persist, And On The Asian Regional Level They Can Even Be A Source Of Mutual Irritation. Nor Should It Mean That We Ignore The Basic Differences Between Our Political Systems And Values.

If A New President Personalizes A Rather Different Concept Of America And A Different Sense Of America's Mission In The World Than Has Been The Case With President George W. Bush, Then That Almost Automatically Will Help To Improve America's Global Image. But The Tangibles Involving The War And The Economy Are Not Going To Be Easy To Fix.

We Didn't Push The Russians To Intervene, But We Knowingly Increased The Probability That They Would.

Indeed, For Almost 10 Years, Moscow Had To Carry On A War In Afghanistan, Unsupportable By The Government, A Conflict That Brought About The Demoralization And Finally The Breakup Of The Soviet Empire.

Yes, Isis Is A Threat. It's More Than A Nuisance. It's Also In Many Respects Criminal Violence. But It Isn't, In My View, A Central Strategic Issue Facing Humanity.