Writing at Time Magazine, Trita Parsi argues that Iranian politics have come to represent Churchill’s view of Russia. I object: since when has Russia ceased to be an enigma-wrapper mystery and bulldogs under the carpet? Iran is t...
There’s been lots of talk about Russia’s ambitious claims for Arctic territory, future resource development, and other economic opportunities brought about by the melting ice caps (isn’t that just depressing?), but the story of C...
Over the past week, Russia has hosted talks to resolve the Armenian-Azeri dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh frozen conflict. The Kremlin’s diplomatic efforts in this area have not always been so successful. Below is a short video...
The Washington Post is running an editorial about Sec. of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on internet freedom, which is seen as at risk of invention from authoritarian governments in China and Russia. While everyone is focused on the Go...
Click here to hear the audio from Robert Amsterdam’s appearance on BBC Radio 4 to talk about Google’s human rights move in China, the case of dissident Dr. Chee Soon Juan in Singapore, and several other issues.
There have been a lot of comments flying around over the past couple days over how much of a “threat” Google has issued toward China, and how much their decision actually relates to any genuine concerns over human rights. IMHO, o...
From an interview with Madeleine Albright in the FT: FT: Secretary Albright, you are now a business woman as well as everything else. What parts of the world are your clients most interested in right now as business opportunities? MA: Well, we are...
If only there were more foreign investors and companies of Google’s integrity operating in Russia, and we might be living in a different world. We consider this to be major news, and we applaud Google’s brave decision in favor of...
Here’s a wild story (emphasis mine): Google, the world’s largest Internet search engine, said Tuesday that it may pull out of China because of a sophisticated computer network attack originating in China and targeting its e-mail servic...
As Ambassador to NATO, it is Dmitry Rogozin’s assignment to be a bit rude, funny, and to make trouble – hence the regular personal insults his Twitter feed toward Anders Fogh Rasmussen as though the two were in high school. But I...
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