October 1st began what could be one of the more interesting Chairships of the United Nations Security Council, with Russia taking over and being charged with a rather delicate balancing act: between conducting the numerous affairs expected to ... ... interacting with the Permanent American Envoy to the UN, Samantha Power. She has always held relatively adversarial positions toward Russia and recently made major headlines when she accused Russia of engaging in disinformation campaigns in Syria and called ...
... is favored by which foreign leaders. While mainstream American media is still basically covering the race with horrified fascination ... ... the anticipated presidency of another Clinton. At the moment, Russia seems to be one of those countries. However, deeper analysis ... ... affairs. In essence, Democrats always have to defend against the accusation of being foreign policy weaklings. This accusation is never ... ... was surely 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 returning to ...
Media outlets and government circles both cringe and squirm when the subject of Westerners ... ... 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:... ... 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...
... honest answers, based on previous American drone usage, probably carry some severe repercussions for ... ... all. China and Pakistan Most discussions of an immediate drone rival to the United States begin and ... ... feel that the U.S. is purposely compromising its own security and risking the lives of its people? Indeed,... ... certain that the drone was not American, Chinese, or Russian: IDF claimed it to be an Iranian drone assembled ... ... prominently. It is inconceivable to think a ‘drone war’ between Iran and Saudi Arabia or Egypt would ...
There is no stronger example of the schizophrenic nature of American foreign policy toward Russia than comparing statements written in the formal National Security Strategy (NSS) of President Obama with actual testimony given by the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. In 2010 the NSS asserted that the U.S. would endeavor to ‘build a stable, substantive, multidimensional relationship with ...
There is a decided chicken-and-egg quality when trying to unravel Russian-American relations. The general pessimism and pejorative c... ... side: it is more accurate to describe Putin’s hostility toward America as one far more deeply rooted in frustration. But ... ... such explicit initiatives can be found backing up such radical accusations. More calm analyses find Russia simply not accepting being ... ... open American support and encouragement, at least through formal media declarations and diplomatic speeches, did not have an impact ...
... 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 ...
New sanctions were levied against Russia on July 16th by both the United States and the European Union. America has taken ... ... us who have followed this conflict for the past half year, we have had heard this accusation at least half a dozen times. Sometimes there has been evidence to partially... ... concern in the West is that they will try to hunker down for ‘extended urban warfare.’ The irony of course is that the force in Eastern Ukraine so far responsible...
..., has famously always tried to co-opt and ultimately adopt advancements and evolutions in technology, especially in terms of media. Newspapers, radio, and television have long been appropriated in order to influence, massage, and outright manipulate messages ... ... 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 ...
