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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EXPLANATION OF 13 HOURS STORY By Jiri and Leni Friedman Valenta, January 16, 2015 Several hours before the Democratic Party debate between Hillary Clinton and surging Bernie Sanders, and two weeks before the…
Extremely painful for every patriotic American, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Muslims or Agnostic in 1978-81, was viewing U.S. hostages of Iran marching with their hands on their heads. Teaching at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey…
“I am profoundly convinced that we are facing an organized [Muslim] invasion and not a spontaneous movement of refugees,” said Czech President Milos Zeman in his 2015 Christmas message to the Czech people. “Sometimes I feel like…
“He is a bright and talented person…” said President Putin at his press conference, December 17, “…the absolute leader of the presidential race.” Putin’s early “vote” for U.S. Republican…
I do not want to call Max Booth, foreign policy adviser of Marco Rubio, a fool, but clearly, Booth, a prolific writer, doesn’t understand the meaning of the word "fascist." Moreover, he offends people like me who were born in a…
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The San Bernardino Killers Days before the…
Bernie, you know that Obama was M.I.A. in France after the terrorist attack in January. Do now what Obama didn’t. Travel to Paris and express your solidarity with Hollande. Do you really not comprehend that we are in what…
INTRODUCTION BY JVLV (Dr. Jiri Valenta and Leni Friedman Valenta.) We are not experts on the Quran. However, we find many of Jake Neuman’s comments below worth contemplating. As we are writing these comments, thirty-one US. Governors, both…
Bernie! This is an open letter from two accomplished authors. JVLV applauds your honesty about your democratic socialism and your critique, similar to Trump's and Cruz's, of the Washington Cartel. But your debate strategy was a…
Donald, you, Ben, Ted and and even Marco are rebels. To aid your rebellion against the Washington Cartel bear in mind the words of the great philosopher, Albert Camus. "Men's solidarity is founded upon rebellion, and in its turn…
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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%)
