... humbled New Orleans, a great American city, and did nothing to prevent the onset of the greatest global financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression (barely managing to address it in time to prevent a possible total meltdown of the global financial ... ... governments balk at attempts to coordinate regional refugee and economic policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government may possibly come to control France in the coming years. Poland seems to be ...
... recruit terrorists and carry out attacks against Russians. It is manifestly in Russia’s interests to join the current anti-ISIS coalition and to focus on ISIS now, not the other rebels, as even with its small percentage of attacks being against ISIS, Russia has still become a object of ISIS's wrath. If Russia were to at least mostly suspend its campaign against non-ISIS rebels and cooperate with the U.S., France, Turkey, and others against ISIS, it would win a tremendous amount of goodwill ...
... outrage. I.e. Finding out the exact truth.
Was this a Washington-initiated trap?
Was it set as a trap – to entice Russia into reacting, by attacking Turkey, which is a NATO member, thus enabling Turkey to invoke Article 5, which would have ... ... NATO into defending Turkey and, thus, stoking a dangerous and possible WW111 scenario?
The civil war in Syria – against Isis, is a complicated affair, of literally of biblical proportions: with many interested countries and tribal clans in the region: ...
... terrorist attack—one following on the verily likely terrorist downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula—it is important to take a breath. This could very well lead to massive escalation in Syria by France (and maybe Russia, in relation to the airliner attack) and maybe even by others if it turns out ISIS had something to do with it; Yemen could be a focus if the attack involves the al-Qaeda affiliate operating there. Whatever moves are made, it is important to keep a clear head and ask what the likely results are to be of any such escalation, whether ...
... methods used by the finance industry and warned about financial crises, subsequently profiting from the late-2000s financial crisis. He also advocated hard for what he calls a "black swan robust" society, meaning a society that can withstand difficult-to-predict ... ... but to build robustness to be able to negate the ones that occur and being able to exploit positive ones.
Why I believe that Russia is an ideal “Black Swan Robust” society
The Russian people know a whole lot about unexpected, black swan events ...
... particular by President Obama, who seems to have developed a very personal and even vain, distain and a very contemptuous dislike of the man.
This vanity has, I suggest, prevented him from engaging in any meaningful dialogue, since the start of the first Russia v’s US crisis point, over Ukraine and then Russia’s unexpected and rapid annexation of Crimea – effectively all but torpedoing the US-Russia relationship completely; previously enjoyed by his predecessor George Bush Jnr.
The US, EU, Australia, Canada ...
... and (and common) enemy is the rise of ISIS and US Secretary of State, John Kerry has come to realise he needs to be speaking to Mr. Putin, and not any longer be so vocal in chastising him. He needs to form a common and united approach to dealing with ISIS and he needs Russia to be on board, for the simple reason: Russia always did have a far superior intelligence-gathering network in the Middle East, than the US ever did. Moreover, one of the finest world-renowned experts on the Middle East, was Yevgeny Maksimovich ...
... East and a guarantor of security for the Gulf monarchies.
AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elsham
People walk past a banner with a
picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin
with Arabic that reads, "welcome," along a
bridge in Cairo, Egypt, Monday,
Feb. ... ... environment.
The U.S.-Egyptian dialogue has shifted from bilateral ties to regional problems, first of all to neutralization of the ISIS.
Americans invariably stress that Egypt remains its major ally in countering extremism, which should concentrate on Libya ...
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... the Europeans reducing their military expenditures as well as Uncle Sam tired of his burden are not able and willing to pay for worries of Eastern Europeans.
Accordingly, the next year should provide an answer for the following question: Is fear of Russia and percieved threat in Europe sufficient for increasing defense capabilities of the European NATO members in the first place? If not, recent events in Ukraine could merely remain a favorable opportunity for NATO bureaucrats to pretend the alliance ...
