The BRICs Love Multipolarity, but What Are They Doing With It?
In light of RA’s recent article on Brazil and Venezuela, I thought I would excerpt from this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by Susan Kaufman Purcell of the University of Miami, which adds to the discussion on global multilateralism and international institutions. Similarly we often hear the Russian leadership express their vision of […]
Why Brazil Should Take a Stronger Position on Hugo Chávez
Robert Amsterdam has just published a translation of an opinion article from O Estado de São Paulo on The Huffington Post. There is great merit in Brazil’s ability to maintain friendly relations with so many different nations of different values. The South-South diplomacy, pioneered by the Lula government, should continue long into the future, and […]
Statement: Former Political Prisoner Cedeño Takes on Misinformation of Chávez
My client Eligio Cedeño, who up until Dec. 10 was one of Venezuela’s most well known political prisoners, released his first statement on Christmas Day afternoon since being legally admitted and processed into his new residence in the United States. In the statement Cedeño explains why he was forced to flee Venezuela, and the circumstances […]
Why Spheres of Influence Don’t Work
Ronald Asmus has a good editorial on the evolving security dynamic between Russia and the European Union and United States published in the Washington Post: Europe’s bloody history illustrated that spheres of influence do not produce real security, that compelling nations to align with countries against their will is a recipe for conflict and that […]
The Top 11 most nonsensical Top 10 lists from organisations that discredit themselves by making a Top 10 list
“Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where? Nowhere. Exactly. What we do, is […]
A Call for Canada-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic
The author and project leader of ArcticNet, Michael Byers, has an optimistic piece published in the Globe and Mail today arguing for a renewed effort of cooperation between the Canadian and Russian governments on mutual recognition of arctic sovereignty. The tone of the piece is unusual for most of the material out there on this […]
UN Experts Criticize Chávez for Judicial Crackdown
I know that we try to put all our Venezuela news over on the other blog these days unless it has something to do with Russia, this is still some pretty dramatic news from Robert Amsterdam’s case down there, holding down the front pages of the UN News Centre and other international publications. [As a […]
Reviewing the Russia-Venezuela-Cuba-China-Iran nexus
Jaime Suchlicki, Director of the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, has a paper summarising the Russia-Venezuela-Cuba-China-Iran relationship entitled, “The Cuba-Venezuela Challenge to Hemispheric Security: Implications for the United States.” Most of it will not come as news to regular readers of this blog, but I thought it worth reviewing principally because […]
Chávez Holds a Hostage following Cedeño Release
As we published in our posting yesterday, there have been several arbitrary, senseless arrests in Venezuela following the judicial order which released Eligio Cedeño on his own recognizance. Most of the press has focused on the detention of Judge María Lourdes Afiuni, whom Chávez personally attacked with alarming rancor – he called for a jail […]
In the Cedeño Case, Justice is a Crime
Yesterday around noon, when we heard reports that the political prisoner Eligio Cedeño, a client whom I represent, had finally been released on parole from his unlawful detention after almost three full years of imprisonment without conviction of any crime, our spirits were strong. This would be the first Christmas that Eligio would be able […]
Russia News Blast
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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – February 24, 2022
Today in Russia: Invasion. Will the world respond?
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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – February 23, 2022
Today in Russia/CIS: Ukraine calls up reservists; Levada Center Director Volkov on public opinion in Russia; Erdogan says Turkey won’t accept Russian moves in Ukraine; EU and US latest sanctions; Russia-Ukraine crisis as viewed Uzbekistan; Israel walks a tightrope on its Ukraine position
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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – February 22, 2022
but which borders?;’ History professor (and President) Putin delivers fiery speech; Lavrov re-writes the rules of international sovereignty; UK and EU roll out initial sanctions, and Washington plans big moves; Nord Stream 2 finally meets its end after a slow, painful death; Zelensky’s speech; White House: On second thought, that’s an invasion; How will China respond?; Russia to evacuate all diplomatic staff from Ukraine
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