What Russia Wants from the G-20: The End of the Dollar
We know what the EU’s leaders want out of April’s meeting of the G-20 in London: lots of regulations to tie down Britain and the… Read More
We know what the EU’s leaders want out of April’s meeting of the G-20 in London: lots of regulations to tie down Britain and the… Read More
Are the Russians going to establish a bomber presence in Venezuela or Cuba? This past weekend a Russian air force commander spoke of potential basing… Read More
Unemployment and social and economic instability sparked by the ongoing crisis have caused a socio-political fallout in Russia. The share of guest workers is traditionally… Read More
The past few weeks saw a certain stabilization of the ruble against the key international currencies. The Russian national currency’s de facto devaluation has brought… Read More
The Geneva meeting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hardly attracted Russian spotlight. Moscow does not have much… Read More
Friday night, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a dinner in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss US-Russian relations. As… Read More
The Obama administration this week again questioned the workability of America’s still-developing defenses against intercontinental ballistic missiles. Only days earlier, though, the U.S. commander in… Read More
It’s not going to be as easy as Obama thought. As candidate, he received kudos for saying that “strong presidents and strong countries … talk… Read More
When is a negotiation not a negotiation? And a rejection not a rejection? Apparently in the Alice in Wonderland exchange of notes and replies between… Read More
We wish we were more surprised by the news this morning that the Obama Administration sent a secret letter to the Kremlin offering to turn… Read More