Johnson's Russia List, an online forum and archive of foreign press articles about Russia.

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The basic notion informing both of these nearly identical articles is that the Obama administration's foreign policy is fundamentally pragmatic rather than ideologically motivated.

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The sale of the Mistrals is by far the most prominent example, but present-day Russia is far more open to foreign defense technology than was the Soviet Union which, as the articles state, had a standing policy of manufacturing all of its own weapons systems.

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Foreign investment activity and domestic appreciation of where Indonesia must advance are still positive signs (see the articles alongside).

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This week parent company Alibaba Group is officially launching Alizila, a website that that features articles, videos and blog posts about the company itself, which runs online retail platforms that allow foreign buyers to connect with Chinese manufacturers as well as eBay clone Taobao, China Yahoo and other properties.

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He has written hundreds of articles for many major American periodicals, lectured at many universities and before many civic and religious groups on foreign policy, American culture, and Jewish affairs.

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Mr. Kenny is likely hoping to attract foreign direct investment with his upbeat comments but the truth is that big corporations rely on a lot more than magazine articles when making important investment decisions.

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