While President Obama flits around the nation, frantically fundraising and bankrupting the treasury to buy votes from truculent interest groups, China and Russia are boldly setting the new global political agenda.
On Tuesday Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's Hu Jintao stood together at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and vowed to “set the global political and economic order in a more fair and rational direction.” In an editorial in People's Daily, Putin purred, “This partnership is … something needed in today’s world,”
As elite foreign policy wonks have slammed Mitt Romney for raising concerns over Russia and China, this duo have consistently undercut the United States in dealing with Iran, North Korea and Syria, clearly not cowed or detered by the putative leader of the free world.
This is a critical moment for Mr. Romney to put forth his own strategic global vision to counter the new self-proclaimed masters of the global agenda before it is too late for all of US.
China and Russia sign 10 "crucial" agreements
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