... which foreign leaders. While mainstream American media is still basically covering the race with horrified ... ... anticipated presidency of another Clinton. At the moment, Russia seems to be one of those countries. However,... ... essence, Democrats always have to defend against the accusation of being foreign policy weaklings. This accusation ... ... exacerbated by 9/11 and the new emphasis on national security. It was a major part of the lead-up to the 2004 election, when some analysts warned, ‘if Democrats are to have any hope of ... ... security establishment that chronically view Russia with Cold War attitudes, regardless of evidence.[6] • During ...
... decided chicken-and-egg quality when trying to unravel Russian-American relations. The general pessimism and ... ... more accurate to describe Putin’s hostility toward America as one far more deeply rooted in frustration.... ... Cohen astutely called several years back as ‘Cold War Triumphalism.’ In basic terms, since ... ... initiatives can be found backing up such radical accusations. More calm analyses find Russia simply not ... ... support and encouragement, at least through formal media declarations and diplomatic speeches, did not ...
... prominent in explaining the poor relationship at the moment with Russia. There seems to be an element of purposeful animosity in ... ... not amount to more than just gossip and hearsay. Worse, American media and political analysts adopted it almost wholly as fact rather ... ... will inevitably always be a threat to U.S. interests and global security. By all indicators, Russia is a threat not just to itself ... ... Party as squarely pessimistic and adversarial in its attitude toward Russia as the Republicans. Indeed, in today’s environment ...
Anyone who has worked through post-mortems on the Iraq war is familiar with the pitfalls associated with ‘groupthink’ ... ... information. Others pointed to embedded preconceptions within the Intelligence Community itself, making it impossible to jump off ... ... ‘factor wars’ designed to show that one favorite causal factor is more important than another, concentrating instead ... ... to develop degree programs focused on intelligence and national security, they have followed the military-friendly school model,...
New sanctions were levied against Russia on July 16th by both the United States and the European ... ... this conflict for the past half year, we have had heard this accusation at least half a dozen times. Sometimes there has been evidence ... ... LAUNCHED ANY OFFENSIVES. Given this indisputable evidence that even intelligence and diplomatic agencies in the West admit, it seems ... ... is that they will try to hunker down for ‘extended urban warfare.’ The irony of course is that the force in Eastern ...
