... interesting Chairships of the United Nations Security Council, with Russia taking over and being charged with a rather delicate balancing ... ... general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments ... ... Power. She has always held relatively adversarial positions toward Russia and recently made major headlines when she accused ... ... Zakharova, the official spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some of the highlights of her comments were rich ...
... that the American Dream for too many seems more myth than reality.
Reality in America, if you are not able to hook into upward mobility and access privileged success, is a fairly dull and even depressing situation: studies show a disturbing percentage ... ... century, making its reach and scope far beyond anything the West could ever think plausible.
Against this backdrop, it is inexcusable that American agents find themselves at a loss to understand the appeal of that small percentage willing to abandon the ...
... actual attacks. There is growing dissent across the Middle East at what is perceived to be a total lack ... ... honest answers, based on previous American drone usage, probably carry some severe repercussions for ... ... certain that the drone was not American, Chinese, or Russian: IDF claimed it to be an Iranian drone assembled ... ... develop their own programs. The basic principles of foreign affairs dictate that America could easily be ... ... prominently. It is inconceivable to think a ‘drone war’ between Iran and Saudi Arabia or Egypt would ...
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The Antithesis matrix is not a predictor of where revolutions will happen. It is a reminder that societies embedded with multiple forms of social media have the potential to facilitate protest and civil disobedience if other factors on the ground warrant such behavior. It is also a reminder that those regimes where it is likely to have those motivating factors in place should not feel too overconfident in their ability to constrain or co-opt that social media-inspired mobilization: for the matrix ...
... understood in the West across the board, but especially so when it comes to understanding Russian strategy on Syria vis-à-vis the United States. The common US position... ... democratic ideals and sought to actively encourage and support its development, Russia has warily seen it as a potential ‘Great Islamist Revolution.’ Keeping in mind... ... diplomatic significance and international influence, then maintaining relevance within the Middle East must be a crucial part of the master plan. Syria is by far the most convenient...
