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Midterm Elections in the U.S.: Tired of Obama

... in putting an end to the Obama presidency. By winning in November, the Republicans would like to go beyond rendering Mr. Obama a lame duck, but also to utterly discredit him as the first black politician rising to American presidency. The repeated accusations of violations of the U.S. Constitution are not just campaign spin, but something with fairly definite post-election aftereffects. In winning Congress, the Republicans might as well attempt to impeach Mr. Obama, as was the case in 1998 with Bill Clinton in his sixth presidential year. Such a scenario might be fraught with a total paralysis of the government process until 2016, with significant ...

10.06.2014

United States-Russia relations through the eyes of the American Congress (in Summer 2013)

... other, not just to defend their interests, but also to defend their values (civil rights from the USA, sovereign democracy from Russia). As years will pass, more politicians will express their views on strengthening ties for both countries, and the Congress is no exception. The USA is (often falsely so) regarded as hegemonic.[19] By debating the way they are, and by listening to these hearings, we can see that a non-hegemonic policy will be shaped, giving maybe a Multi-polar world order, which is what Russia has been striving ...

30.10.2013

Poll conducted

  1. 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%)
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