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The Sunday Debate: It's time to bring Russia in from the cold: Rapprochement is in the West's best interests

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Is Russia a Threat to the West?

The number of russians studying abroad will be dramatically decreased and ultimately cancelled. Access to western things such as movies, books and media will be shut down. Freedom of speech which does exist in the country will be curtailed. This will lead to a resumption of the hair trigger relationship that typified the worst of the cold waryears. The difference being that russia is incomparably more powerful than north corea. Would this be in the national interests of the united states, or, for that matter, the world? I hold that it would not.

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