America's Real Russian Allies

The terrorist attacks that rocked the United States on Septem ber 11 opened a new chapter in the country's relations with the outside world. Already alliances are shifting, U.S. troops are redeploying, and policymakers are rapidly rewriting their agendas. It remains unclear just what the world will look like once the dust settles. But as we enter a new and undefined era, it is becoming increasingly evident that, just as Americas competition with the Soviet Union defined the second half of the last century, so will its new relationship with Russia help determine the contours of the new one. So far, both Russia's president and its people have given the United States vigorous support since September 11. The budding personal relationship between Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush might have had few practical results before that day, but it seemed very much in evidence when Putin became the first world leader to speak with Bush after the attacks, and again when, days later, Moscow pledged wide-ranging Russian support for the American response. Meanwhile, a great many Russians?party leaders, civic activists, businesspeople, and ordinary citizens?have expressed sympathy for those in the United States. According to one Russian poll, 85 percent

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