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Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by Agence France Press, "Nimitz Flyover Raises Cold War Questions."
February 18, 2008

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Russia and Eurasia Program

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Russia & Eurasia

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Steven Pifer

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When a Russian bomber roared over a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific this week, ears pricked up all over Washington: Cold War? [. . .]

"They now have more money to do these sorts of operations, when they were hard pressed to do them say ten or even five years ago," said Steven Pifer, a former US ambassador to Ukraine and now a senior associate at the RAND Corp.

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