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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These two writers reject any discrimination against Russian academicians by Western academic institutions. Let us be clear. As letter from Martin Freiburghaus, headmaster of a Swiss School in Lausanne, rejecting the application of a Russian…
“Arm Ukraine and Impose Energy Sanctions,” Our article, so entitled, was published in the oldest and most respected English language paper in the Ukraine, the Kyiv Post, on the day of Vice President Joe Biden´s arrival. It is also on…
I do admire Madeleine Albright. I think she and I are the only Czech-born members of the Council on Foreign Relations. Having been mentored by her father, Josef Korbel, I was proud that she brought down the genocidal, Serbian dictator Milosevic…
Kudo to Oscar-winner Jared Leto, who in his Oscar acceptance speech reminded us that two democratic revolutions are occurring right now, one in each hemisphere . Sadly, they haven’t been paid proper attention; their meaning and potential future…
Our jvlv.net, has warned for weeks of the Damocles sword over the Ukraine. This is our suggestion. Working with Dr. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC, Moscow, and professor Alexander Motyl, Rutgers U., we´ve been trying to make you & Mr…
The Ukrainian situation just took a very dangerous turn. The demonstrators have taken over government buildings not only in Kiev but five other cities including the Russian-speaking East. Neither is it just Yanukovych´s broken promise to let…
Mr. President, at the time of this writing, it is gratifying to know that your security men and our special agents are working together to battle Islamist fascism, with its revenge-hungry black widows, deluded martyrs and racist…
Linkages exist between the ongoing, peaceful-turned violent demonstrations in the Ukraine and the Chechen threats to the Olympics. Although nominally independent, the Ukraine is really living under a Soviet style leader and government. …
We have heard many recollections about Ariel Sharon, the late Israeli P.M., some critical, some laudatory. With Putin having surprised us with his laudatory comments about Nelson Mandela, we were not surprised to see what he said about Sharon…
On December 6, a day after the death of Nelson Mandela, Solly Maipaila, the Deputy General of the South African Communist Party [SACP], revealed what analysts like Jiri Valenta have known for years. Mandela was not only a member of this communist…
Fool us twice? Shame on us. Secretary of State John Kerry has just followed the Ayatollah´s Pied Piper, Hassan Rohani, into Iranian quicksand. As…
As American patriots, but also objective scholars, we cannot hide that our president´s deep domestic troubles are affecting his foreign policymaking. The unending string of scandals, above all the Obamacare fiasco, is preoccupying the…
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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%)
