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February 6, 2012

A Cold-War-Style Proxy War Over Syria

M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

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If a date needs to fixed marking the end of "post-Soviet era" in world politics, it might fall on February 4, 2012. Russia and China's double veto of the Arab League resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council constitutes a watershed event.

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TAGGED: Syria, UN security council, Cold War

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