... 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 UNSC itself. On the general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments in Syria; ·... ... 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...
... anger over actual attacks. There is growing dissent across the Middle East at what is perceived to be a total lack of transparency ... ... assumption of all. China and Pakistan Most discussions of an immediate drone rival to the United States begin and usually end ... ... they were certain that the drone was not American, Chinese, or Russian: IDF claimed it to be an Iranian drone assembled in Lebanon ... ... figure prominently. It is inconceivable to think a ‘drone war’ between Iran and Saudi Arabia or Egypt would not end ...
... declaring that ‘it was important to keep things in perspective. Russia doesn’t make anything…Immigrants aren’t ... ... this of course ignores the true point and purpose behind this war of words: President Obama is quite frankly flummoxed that President ... ... shown restraint. Let us hope that in this particular schoolyard media showdown some of this will actually start to rub off on President ... ... get serious and move beyond these lame attempts to conjure a neo-Cold War that is in the interests and objectives of no one. Well,...
Though Syria has somewhat fallen off the media radar in the West because of a Malaysian plane ... ... but especially so when it comes to understanding Russian strategy on Syria vis-à-vis the United ... ... encourage and support its development, Russia has warily seen it as a potential ‘Great Islamist ... ... influence, then maintaining relevance within the Middle East must be a crucial part of the master plan.... ... legitimate national security objectives than they do with Cold War nostalgia or knee-jerk anti-Americanism. Russia ...