Review of: Stephen F. Cohen. “War with Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate.”
Review of: Stephen F. Cohen.... ... with the possibility of a hot war”—on three fronts: Ukraine, Syria, and the Baltics (p. 67)—and that the only way to avert ... ... led to an expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to “Russia’s borders,” building more nuclear bombs,... ...
Washington Bullets
. New Dehli: Leftworld, 2020.
Roth, Andrew. “Thousands march in Kyiv to oppose Ukraine peace plan,”
The Guardian
...
Russia is back and here to stay. Others had better accept it and ... ... resilient, despite the Western sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine. It has effectively won, militarily, in Syria: Today it is a power broker in that country; the victory ... ... security interests be respected were ignored in the process of NATO enlargement. And so from the early 2010s, the Kremlin started ... ... countries’ domestic politics, for instance, has provoked accusations from such important partners as Germany and France but ...
... (predominantly Syria, Turkey and Iran), China, Venezuela, and Ukraine. And this inconsistency doesn’t seem to be a part of ... ... Within the context of increasing regional instability, constant accusations of supporting and arming terrorists and the unwillingness ... ... particularly the United States, is undoubtedly Turkey, still a member of NATO. The country disrespected international norms and laws and
initiated
active hostilities on the northern border of Syria. Turkey’s explicit violations were not shackled completely, but with the latest
engagement
of U.S. and Russia, they were temporarily stopped from escalating. Back in ...
A series of Russian civil-military concepts can create great benefits for Europe,... ... countries, former members of the Soviet Union, became members of NATO, an alliance directed against Russia. And contrary to their ... ... participation of Danes, Poles, and Germans is welcome, but not required.
Ukraine
Minsk agreements are fine, but one of the reasons they ... ... secondary and solvable, issues, once the above hard-points are solved.
Syria
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia: the Power Broker in the Middle ...
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
Relations ... ... that directly impact domestic politics and popular attitudes. Accusations of interference in the electoral systems raise questions ... ... These include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as the nature of the conventional and nuclear ... ... Then, in early April 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian military had allegedly ...
The story of how Russia won the (First) Russo-American Cyberwar because ... ... diplomatic efforts to win cooperation with the Russians on Syria, as all recent diplomatic talks with them on ... ... threatening whole parts of Aleppo with mass slaughter); Ukraine also saw Russian escalation.
Kerry’s ... ... propaganda machine of hundreds of websites and many thousands of social media accounts—some unwittingly ... ... close decision; Russia has also been active in non-NATO Sweden this year, particularly when it was voting ...
New threads in the Team Trump/Team Putin tangled web show Manafort and Page linked to each other as part of a Russian plot to control Ukraine and also show a mutual Russian mafia godfather linking them with each other and Trump, providing even deeper and more fertile ground on which to question Trump’s pro-Russia, Pro-Putin positions and their origins. Author's note: this ...
... Chairman Paul Manafort, his campaign in general, Putin, Russia, and WikiLeaks in light of the DNC and Clinton-aimed ... ... bombshell information on Manafort's dealings in Ukraine and also updated August 8th to note Green Party ... ... standing and its position with its allies, most notably NATO allies—is also very much a possibility; ... ... Notably:
Trump wants the U.S. to defer to Russia in Syria and let it “fight ISIS” there, and ... ... downing of MH17.
Trump defended Putin against accusations that he was behind the murders of numerous ...
... Facebook, and Twitter (you can follow me there at @bfry1981)
One of the sad things about looking at current commentary about Russia, America, and the state of their relationship is the lack of measured and reasoned commentary. Make no mistake, though, the problems between Russia and America are serious and affect a whole host of major issues around the world from wars in Syria and Ukraine to global energy distribution, access, and prices, to space exploration and militarization, just to name a few.
Perhaps ...
