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 […]
4/02/2014
MIKE BLANCHFIELD OTTAWA — The Canadian Press Published Saturday, Jan. 11 2014, 8:42 AM EST Last updated Saturday, Jan. 11 2014, 8:43 AM EST Whether it’s sharp differences over gay rights, political meddling in Ukraine or controversy over same sex adoptions, there’s no shortage of acrimony between Canada and Russia these days. But it’s not all bad, […]
17/05/2012By Nicolai N Petro After Vladimir Putin’s decisive electoral victory in Russia’s presidential election many are asking whether the “reset” in United States-Russian relations will continue. I believe the answer to this question hinges on America’s official reaction to Putin’s re-election. After protests that followed last December’s legislative elections, president Dmitri Medvedev took steps to […]
17/05/2012By David Isenberg On January 5, the Pentagon released a strategic review. The document itself was not particularly novel. The Pentagon regularly does strategy reviews, trying, like a modern version of the Oracle of Delphi, to divine the future and adjust its forces accordingly. Since the end of the Cold War the Pentagon has had […]
17/05/2012By Radhakrishna Rao Media reports reveal that there are growing concerns in the United States over rapidly expanding Chinese space capabilities that could help the communist giant derive diplomatic and defense-related advantages, which in turn could hurt the long-term national security and geostrategic interests of the US. A well-documented national security report on revising US […]
14/02/2012Foreign Policy Journal Without a broad coalition, effective pragmatism and collaboration with liberals in the ancien regime, the “White Revolution” will end as miserably as earlier Russian democratization attempts by Andreas Umland February 7, 2012 Russia’s relationship to democracy has been historically closer than some people, both in and outside ofRussia, assume. As early as […]
6/02/2012
Mark Mackinnon From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 8:01PM EST It looks likeRussia, this city of tall Europeans who walk among the pastel-coloured buildings that line streets with names like Pushkin, Gogol and Lenin. But the poshest hotel inVladivostokis called the Hyundai and sushi bars are starting to rival borscht-and-vodka joints […]
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