The Economist has been writing a series of open emails to Barack Obama in the run-up to his inauguration, offering suggestions on various issues that the US President-elect will turn his hand to. Its latest missive has a few suggestions on h...
The French daily newspaper Le Monde has published a profile of Robert Amsterdam. The original article can be viewed online here – below is an English translation. Le Monde, Portrait, January 8, 2009 Robert Amsterdam, Lawyer without bar...
I don’t often link over to the mainstream blogs, but we do regularly read what may be a surprising diversity of them. This one comes from Matthew Yglesias (on the situation in Gaza) which I thought was insightful. For my part, I think ...
When the tandemocracy of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev successfully pushed through a constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term from four to six years in just 50 days, the reactions were diverse. This new bill, along with ...
Robert Gates, the bridge between the Bush and Obama presidencies, is not very worried about Russia. From the Washington Post: A longtime Russia analyst during his years with the CIA, Gates today sees Moscow as less of a threat than do many i...
The death of long-time conservative scholar Samuel Huntington has kicked off a lively discussion in various quarters on his legacy, his ideas, and his enduring argument – made much more popular after 9/11 – that the fundamental source ...
At least one person out there doesn’t seem to think that the low oil prices and economic difficulties is going to derail Russia’s agenda to seize back control of its periphery … but then again, this is Fox News. It seems od...
I must confess that I was expecting this New York Times editorial on President-elect Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin to be much, much worse. Still, most everyone who has found their way to this blog is likely way above this shallow treatment...
The following is an exclusive translation from today’s edition of El Nacional, a leading daily newspaper in Venezuela – an interview with an expert on Russia-Venezuela relations. EL NACIONAL – Domingo 21 de Diciembre de 2008Mundo...
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