The Kremlin is keen to be seen as a reliable partner, playing by market rules.
Under the kleptocratic Vladimir Putin, the Russian government is not our friend, let alone a reliable partner.
Other NATO nations are also watching to see if the U.S. will remain a reliable partner against Russia.
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Neither explanation is compatible with regarding the Soviet Union as a reliable partner in a new security system.
When it comes to energy, Vladimir Putin's Russia seems prone to loutish behaviour despite constant claims that Russia is a reliable partner.
Yet, the Administration's party line remains that Riyadh is "cooperating" fully with Washington and a reliable partner in the War on Terror.
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Russia likes to say that it is a reliable partner and the dispute with Belarus was soon over but Moscow is reliable only when it wants to be.
Despite determined U.S. efforts to portray the Communist regime in Beijing as a reliable partner in American diplomacy and trade, it is inexorably building up ever-larger numbers of missiles.
In fact, the entire Annapolis house of cards is built on the fraudulent foundation that the Palestinian faction established by Mr. Abbas' mentor, Yasser Arafat, is a reliable partner for peace and effective counterweight to Hamas, which now controls the Gaza Strip.
All of the various engagement efforts are, in essence, a bet that Beijing will turn out to be a reliable negotiating partner a partner that can be trusted to, say, move its missiles away from the coast, or allow the full quota of mainland tourists to leave the country.
Concerted attempts to woo Pakistan into becoming a more reliable partner are producing little in return.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Donohue expects policy fights ahead with the White House, a reliable sparring partner since early 2009.
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Under the influence of this optimistic view, U.S. foreign policy has in recent months come increasingly to be based on the tacit and largely unexamined assumption that, under Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union is on its way to becoming a more reliable bargaining partner in international negotiations and a more "normal" participant in international life.
In order for such a strategy to be successful, we must have a trustworthy, reliable partner.
Not that the United States is a reliable, friendly partner, but that we don't like the military presence.
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Mr Cameron tried to pitch his case that Russia would benefit from becoming a less confrontational and more reliable partner.
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Rather than stop doing business with Chavez, as a reliable U.S. defense partner would be expected to do, EADS immediately tried to circumvent ITAR by stripping out the American-made equipment and trying to find non-U.S. replacements.
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Israelis are rightly asking themselves how reliable and long-term a peace partner such an entity can be.
And I think it is clear that increase in democratic representation has to include a whole host of important non-secular actors that give Egypt a strong chance to continue to be the stable and reliable partner that the world sees in the Middle East.
He has returned to Renault this year hoping to relive past glories while Heikki Kovalainen, who drove for the French team last season, will partner Hamilton at McLaren expecting to drive a much more reliable car.
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