162.William Inboden,
163.U.S.–Soviet Meeting, October 12, 1986, EBB 203, DNSA.
164.Ronald Reagan, Address to the People of Western Europe, November 4, 1987, APP.
165.Politburo Meeting, February 26, 1987, EBB 238, DNSA.
166.William Odom,
167.“Excerpts from Speech to U.N. on Major Soviet Military Cuts,”
168.James Mann,
169.Scowcroft to Bush, November 29, 1989, Box 10, OA/ID 91116, German Unification Files, Scowcroft Collection, George H. W. Bush Presidential Library.
170.Gorbachev–Baker Discussion, February 9, 1990, in Svetlana Savranskaya, Thomas Blanton, and Vladislav Zubok, eds.,
171.Anatoly Chernyaev, diary entry, January 18, 1986, EBB 220, DNSA. On this point, see also Robert Kagan,
172.Samuel Huntington,
173.World Trade Organization,
174.Aaron Friedberg,
175.Chamberlain,
176.John Lewis Gaddis,
177.Baker, “Summons to Leadership,” April 2, 1992, Box 169, Baker Papers, SMML.
178.Nicholas Spykman,
179.Halford J. Mackinder, “The Geographic Pivot of History,”
Chapter 5: The Second Eurasian Century
1.“Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development,” February 4, 2022.
2.“Russia, China Push Back Against U.S. and NATO in Pre-Olympics Summit,”
3.Alexander [Aleksandr] Dugin,
4.Hal Brands,
5.Jeane Kirkpatrick, “A Normal Country in a Normal Time,”
6.James Baker, Remarks to Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, April 2, 1992, Box 169, Baker Papers, SMML.
7.Draft of FY 94–99 Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), February 18, 1992, EBB 245, DNSA; Patrick Tyler, “U.S. Strategy Plan Calls for Insuring No Rivals Develop,”
8.Steven Mufson, “China Blasts U.S. for Dispatching Warship Groups,”
9.Robert Zoellick, “Whither China: From Membership to Responsibility?,” Remarks to National Committee on U.S.–China Relations, September 21, 2005; Aaron Friedberg,
10.See State to All Diplomatic Posts, September 23, 1993, Box 1, NSC Files, Speechwriting Office, William J. Clinton Presidential Library.