... communities, posits that both Bandar and Kochavi made "miscalculations".
Bandar had sealed his fate last year during his secret visit outside Moscow with Russian president Vladimir Putin. He bragged that Riyadh controlled Chechen extremists in Russia, and that he would unleash them on the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics unless Putin ended his support for the Assad regime in Syria.
Haaretz and Al Monitor reported that as far back as 2011, while Hillary Clinton was president Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Kochavi met with senior White House officials and others to discuss the Syria situation and, among other issues, Iran’s nuclear program. During these meetings, the reporting indicates that Kochavi announced ...
... secretary general, Lamberto Zannier of Italy on February 25th. Western media has spun the story that the instability was provoked by pro-Russian groups. The next day the Ukraine interior minister accused Russia of occupying the airport at Sebastopol, a pro-Russian region of Crimea.
When acting Ukraine prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House on March 12th it again became evident to the Kremlin that the interim leader was open to having NATO troops operating on Ukraine soil and that he was predisposed to welcoming U.S. advisers operating covertly in Kiev to ...
... would do, and his place in history hinges directly on his success in seeing through to the end the huge healthcare reform law that he had started. In that context, foreign policy acted as a bargaining chip for the President’s domestic policies.
Russia’s initiative during the Syrian crisis could not have come at a better time both for President Barack Obama and Congress as it relieved both parties of the need to take that last step, which, no matter what it could be, would not have won over the public, nor would it have been any help in addressing socio-political priorities.
For Russia, and ...
In recent days, the official U.S. position on the situation in Syria has experienced certain transformation. As we know, Russia called for putting Syrian chemical weapons storages under international control which must ultimately lead to its destruction. It is worth noting that the Moscow's proposal hit the bull's eye and was more than likely the only possible ...
Successful talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry provide an opening for broader discussions. But these measures do not include mediating and checking the ongoing efforts of feuding regional powers Qatar and Saudi Arabia, whose ...
Cold War stereotypes prevent the building of a new system of international links
On August 9, Russian foreign and defense ministers met their U.S. counterparts in Washington the day after President Obama had cancelled his September visit to Russia. American hawks were triumphant, as were Moscow’s hawks and some like-minded figures in Europe ...
... of such an order. Which country will find it easiest to adapt itself to the new order – Russia, the U.S. or China?
Each country will have to adapt in its own way. America will have to learn to play the coalition game rather than going it alone. Barack Obama is trying to do this and having some success.
Russia should clearly determine its own niches, priorities and advantages in a multipolar world. To learn to use its “undervalued” assets. And believe me, it has many.
China needs the wisdom not to be dragged into a race for the sake of the ...
... naval deployment of ships equipped with cruise missiles and SM-3 interceptors.
4. Cyber security
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In the area of cyber security it is deemed appropriate to discuss with the U.S. the possibility of inviting other countries to join the Russian-American agreement on countering the cyber threats. This June Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama reached an unprecedented understanding on combating the cyber threats "to create a mechanism for information sharing in order to better protect critical information systems"
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. This mechanism, when necessary, will engage the ...
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) expresses its deep satisfaction with the outcome of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama, held on June 18 in Los Cabos (Mexico).
The joint statement issued following the meeting indicates that the course of further development of Russian-U.S. relations, referred to as the "Reset" in recent years, will be continued.
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