1/12/2014
Relations between Washington and Moscow are strained for many reasons. And advice from the ivory tower, no matter how well intentioned, can sometimes make things even worse. This year, a working group of U.S. and Russian academics deliberated on how to make their two countries’ strategic forces more “compatible.” The lead authors, an American and […]
Опубликовано в Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia, Unites States 
Комментариев нет » 14/10/2014
A resurgent Russia and Chinese efforts to project power further afield draws US response and leads to rise in mid-air encounters A recent spate of dangerous mid-air encounters between American military aircraft and Chinese and Russian planes over the Pacific Ocean are the result of increasingly assertive strategies by both US adversaries to project power […]
Опубликовано в China, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia, Unites States Комментариев нет » 29/09/2014
AccordingKyodo news agency the government of Japan said that the decision to cancel an official visit of the President of Russia to Japan was made under pressure from Washington. Japan had to take into account the requirement of Obama not to carry out a bilateral meeting with the Russian leader and to show solidarity with […]
29/09/2014
Exclusive: By driving a wedge between President Obama and President Putin over Ukraine, America’s neocons and the mainstream media can hope for more “shock and awe” in the Mideast, but the U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, including $1 trillion more on nuclear weapons, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The costs of the mainstream U.S. media’s […]
12/03/2014
Stratfor By George Friedman The struggle for some of the most strategic territory in the world took an interesting twist this week. Last week we discussed what appeared to be a significant shift in German national strategy in which Berlin seemed to declare a new doctrine of increased assertiveness in the world — a shift that followed intense German interest […]
4/02/2014
December 17, 2013 The National Interest (http://nationalinterest.org) Thucydides’ purpose in his great epic was to account for “what led to this great war falling upon the Hellenes.” He acknowledged that what we know as the Peloponnesian War was produced by many different disputes and depicted them masterfully, laying bare their specificities. But, in the opening pages, […]
Опубликовано в China, Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Unites States Комментариев нет » 4/02/2014
The Diplomat January 25, 2014 China and Japan’s war of the words reveals a larger struggle for regional influence akin to a mini Cold War. By Shannon Tiezzi Lately, it seems that Japanese officials can’t sneeze without incurring the wrath of the Chinese — and vice versa. So it’s no surprise that even conciliatory statements from […]
4/02/2014
The National Interest January 22, 2014 Nicolai N. Petro The White House statement on Ukraine, issued by NSC spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on January 19th, seriously misreads the situation. The most recent violence is not merely a consequence of the government’s failure to “acknowledge the legitimate grievances of the people.” It is an integral part of the […]
4/02/2014
The Asian Age Jan 14, 2014 Sreeram Chaulia To recall Putin, there is not only no calm and no democracy, but no state authority left in the Islamic ‘badlands’ that the West set out to tame with its military and then reinvent as liberal democratic showpiece items A catastrophic four-way war involving the Shia-dominated Iraqi […]
4/02/2014
BY Kyle Mizokami, War is Boring DECEMBER 16, 2013 – 02:49 PM The Chinese navy has undergone an unprecedented buildup over the last decade. It has deployed an aircraft carrier, launched and recovered airplanes from a carrier flight deck, sent new nuclear submarines to sea and even changed its name from the unwieldy “People’s Liberation Army […]