US, Russia and China: Coping with Rogue States and Terrorists Groups
The blog focuses on US.-Russian-Chinese conflicts and their cooperation in developing new approaches to threats from rogue states and terrorists groups. Realizing that Great Powers have common interests in economic growth, the welfare of their citizens and preventing nuclear holocaust and ethnic genocides, it avoids the Cold War rhetoric and focuses on the analysis of Great Powers' national interests in determining their policies. Dr. Jiri Valenta is a member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations and the author-co-editor of nine books. Leni Friedman Valenta, a playwriting graduate of the Yale School of Drama, is the co-writer/editor and CEO of their post-communist/terrorism website, jvlv.net. Their articles have appeared in the premier international affairs magazines, The National Interest, Foreign Policy, Survival and leading newspapers such as The New York Times, Times London, El Pais (Madrid) and Moscow News.
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America presently faces three clear and present dangers to our vital national security; War with ISIS, Putin´s escalation of the war in Ukraine and the acquisition of the bomb by rogue state Iran through deceitful…
- As you know France in early days of this month experienced terrorist attacks carried out by extremists, why some currents use the incident to pursue Islamophobia? First, most people understand that there are…
“I’ve never made such extreme and far-reaching proposals in all my years in this business. I’ve never proposed such a drastic overhaul,” wrote Leslie Gelb, Emeritus President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)…
Mr. President, “Je suis Charlie,” but who are you? The whole world is asking the same question? Yesterday more than a million people were in Paris alone – more than at any time in France´s history. Yet…
If you did not notice, Mr. President, the attack in Paris on Charlie Hebdo, and the hostage-taking by terrorists of a Parisian kosher shop , defeats any attempt to minimize the seriousness of Islamic terrorism. Following Fort Hood, Boston…
A spirit is haunting Europe; It is a spirit of Islamic terrorism. The latest attack is not just on the 12 dead editors and artists of a Paris magazine that satirized the prophet, it is an attack on free speech worldwide…
This is a sad day for America and democracy. President Obama has opened diplomatic relations with Cuba without Havana making really meaningful concessions. Meanwhile, cowardly Sony canceled the premiere of a movie Pyongyang found offensive…
The hostage-taking in Sydney by an ISIS sympathizer, is a reminder that we are in a global war with international, Islamic terrorism – not only in the Middle East but also in North America, Australia, Africa, Asia, Western Europe, Russia and the…
After Ferguson, the Senate report on the CIA use of “torture” in interrogating terrorists, is likely producing more glee in the Kremlin. KGB old-timers expect that like the famous Pike Repot in the…
With glee over Ferguson, Russian media is having a Schadenfreude field day. The photo of a black woman holding a Russian sign, "Americans ask Vladimir Putin to send troops" is no joke, however. Their attempt to link Ferguson with the Maidan uprising or…
Vladimir Putin would do well to understand how American democracy works – because it does. It also corrects itself when it veers off course. Thus, he should take seriously the sea change that happened during our mid-term elections…
My late colleague, General Bill Odom, would have been surprised. This mid-term election, the Republicans were not only right ( on national security affairs and the economy), for once, they were not stupid. They did not display…
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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements 33 (31%) U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity 30 (28%) U.S. wants to dissolve Russia 24 (22%) U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China 21 (19%)
