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The Russian president’s time in Pyongyang and Hanoi gave clear evidence of the turn away from the West that Lavrov, the country’s foreign minister, announced at the start of the year.
The former national security adviser reveals a national goal that is simple and blunt: American dominance of the world, writes Michael Brenner.