Review of: Stephen F. Cohen. “War with Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate.”
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]. For over a dozen years, Cohen had been warning of a “new Cold War,” no longer between two capitalist and communist blocs,... ... with the possibility of a hot war”—on three fronts: Ukraine, Syria, and the Baltics (p. 67)—and that the only way to avert ... ...
Washington Bullets
. New Dehli: Leftworld, 2020.
Roth, Andrew. “Thousands march in Kyiv to oppose Ukraine peace plan,”
The Guardian
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Russia is back and here to stay. Others had better accept it and ... ... its actions in Ukraine. It has effectively won, militarily, in Syria: Today it is a power broker in that country; the victory ... ... military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, the breakout from the post-Cold War, Western-dominated order was complete. The takeover of ... ... countries’ domestic politics, for instance, has provoked accusations from such important partners as Germany and France but ...
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 ... ... business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments in Syria; · settlements and their legality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; · implementation of resolution 1559 ...
Though Syria has somewhat fallen off the media radar in the West because of a Malaysian plane ... ... understood in the West across the board, but especially so when it comes to understanding Russian strategy on Syria vis-à-vis the United States. The common US position... ... diplomatic/political influence and legitimate national security objectives than they do with Cold War nostalgia or knee-jerk anti-Americanism. Russia sees its rightful place as...
