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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Mme Secretary, as a longstanding Democrat like you, I am appealing to you, and to John Kerry and President Obama, to stop your veiled criticism of Israel. Working with my husband, Jiri, on his memoir, I cannot help but see parallels twixt the…
PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MOTYL´S INTERVIEW OF DR. JIRI VALENTA MOTYL: Jiri, you’re one of the world’s most experienced and knowledgeable observers of Russia. How would you characterize the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 and the…
“What happened is a turning point and I do hope that the EU finally will stand up to what is going on,” wrote a Dutch friend who prefers to remain anonymous. “Trade is important as well as energy security, but in the end it is not the…
By Jiri and Leni Friedman Valenta The downing of Malaysian Flight 17 is a watershed in Russo-American relations. It´s similar to the downing of KL007. Like Ronald Reagan 32 years earlier, Barack Obama must overhaul his…
After visit to Latin America, Putin no longer only a 'regional power' Jiri Valenta and Leni Valenta 8 hours ago Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while leaving the BRICS-UNASUR Summit at Itamaraty Palace in…
As in 1941 WE ARE AT WAR! While Obama still dithers, Baghdad´s fall is imminent. Like the Nazis, ISIS is massacring POWs. Next, it´s Christians & Jews & in M E, U.S. & Russia. Along with Senator John McCaine, we would like to see the whole…
The affair of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, released by Taliban captives in exchange for five Guantanamo terrorists, must be viewed by the Kremlin as a Kafkaesque, political farce. . Meanwhile, unnoticed by the White House and Kremlin, the…
Whenever I hear the first sounds of Beethoven´s 5th -- the allied signal for the liberation of Europe -- I recall those who fought and died in Normandy on D-Day. But on this 70th anniversary of one of the greatest crusades for…
Presently, many of the people in the Eastern half of the country readily accept the Russian line that the Western Ukraine is dominated by an illegal junta which took power through an illegal coup, and that the interim government…
Why is this happening now? Conveniently for Putin, a 1914 treaty, giving the U.S. first dibs on building the canal, ran out in December 2013. Putin likely aims at distracting us in our strategic backyard while destabilizing…
The May 16, 2014 victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modiin the world´s largest democratic election is indeed a game-changer. His Bharatiya Jamala (BJP) party won a landslide victory in parliament against the Congress Party…
“The Soviet people’s iron wills, fearlessness and steadfast courage saved Europe from enslavement,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin. On May 9, celebrating Russia´s victory over Nazi Germany sixty-nine years ago in…
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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%)
