Others suggest that Putin s aloofness stems from Kremlin infighting.

So, despite China s predilection for aloofness, cooperation is not merely an option, but a necessity.

Some point as a cause of Putin s absence to recent tensions between Russia and the United States arising from Putin s increasingly harsh response to the protests by his opponents at home. Others suggest that Putin s aloofness stems from Kremlin infighting.

For over two years now, the international community, as represented by the General Assembly and the Security Council has continued to stand and watch the tragedy of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the cool aloofness of a doctor dissecting a frog, as though Western civilization forgets all its slogans when it comes to what happens to the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina.