ARTICLE: As Palin assails Russia, Gazprom meets with Alaskan officials, Bloomberg News, October 14, 2008

Interesting piece that betrays simplistic portrayals of Russia's disconnectedness or lack of ambition regarding further connectedness. A rising great power in this era is necessarily a connecting one. That's the only way to truly amass power: connecting your supply (tail) to demand (dog).

(Thanks: Charles Ganske)