<blockquote>'Putin .. cannot afford to have a confrontation with Berlin and Paris shortly after entering office.
In mid-May, Putin didn't travel to Camp David to attend the G-8 summit of the world's most important industrialized countries. A few days later, he was conspicuously absent from the NATO summit in Chicago. If Putin now ruffles feathers in Paris and Berlin, Rahr says, "it would be a disastrous beginning to his presidency." '
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'..Challenge Russia over Syria', May 31, 2012</blockquote>
'..closer military ties between China and the US - especially .. outer space.'<blockquote>'He stressed the need for closer military ties between China and the US - especially for understanding in the difficult areas of cybersecurity and outer space.'
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Leon Panetta: US to deploy 60% of navy fleet to Pacific, 2 June 2012</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
(Space) '..a new era in exploration..''Norway .. Europe's Battery' (
'..within the framework of the Desertec Concept..')
'..begin the process of referring Assad to the International Criminal Court..''..a new breed of nonlethal .. weapon systems.'</blockquote>