The strategy names ASEAN, South Korea, India and Russia as priorities, as well as two regional blocks, Mercosur and the Gulf Co-operation Council, that it is already courting.

这个战略把东盟、韩国、印度和俄罗斯列为优先合作对象，而把南方共同市场和海湾合作理事会列为其正在进行争取的两个区域性壁垒。

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And if Yukos is picked apart and the spoils divided among its ugly sisters, handsome princes will steer clear of courting in Russia for a while.

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Ms. MARTHA BRILL ALCOTT (Analyst, Carnegie Endowment): By entertaining Aliyev, the White House is showing their critic that we're not too dependent on Russia, that we are courting somebody like Aliyev.

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