Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) speaks during a joint briefing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 26. Abe has returned to Japan after making a number of deals with China.
On the Record Russian President Vladimir Putin : "As far as I remember, the U.S. coat of arms features a bald eagle that holds 13 arrows in one talon and an olive branch in another, which is a symbol of a peace-loving policy. This is my question. It appears your eagle has already eaten all the olives; are the arrows all that is left?" U.S. national security adviser John Bolton : "I didn't bring any olives." Putin : "That's what I thought." On Our Radar Gearing up for a Global Arms Race . China's growing military might, Russia's continued treaty violations and the rise of arms control skeptics like U.S. national security adviser John Bolton are driving an arms race among the great powers. The White House, moreover, is evidently backing Bolton's "expand it or expunge it" policy on the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) by withdrawing from it .
