... forward policies closer to the Kremlin’s policies than any other major candidate for the presidency. Notably:
Trump wants the U.S. to defer to Russia in Syria and let it “fight ISIS” there, and agreed with Putin’s backing of Syrian's murderous President Bashar al-Assad.
Trump is against the U.S. taking a large role in helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression, and his campaign people also aggressively saw to it that language calling for the U.S. government to supply arms to the Ukrainian government to help it defend itself against “Russia’s ongoing ...
... and Global Brief Magazine, in partnership with the Canadian Forces College.
Day One will be devoted to understanding and exploring the causes of, and potential practical solutions to Russia-West conflict and tensions, in both the Eastern Europe and Syrian theatres.
Day Two will explore Arctic geopolitical, economic, environmental and scientific futures, and will examine practical avenues for Canada-Russian forward cooperation in the Arctic.
The Russian International Affairs Council will be represented ...
... however, is more problematic – not least in practical terms – as it suggests a desired revival of superpower status, one way or another. Indeed, prima facie, the multiple crises of 2014-2015 and Russia’s interference in the conflicts in Ukraine and then Syria seem to be consistent with this second interpretation.
Upon closer inspection, though, this is not the only possible interpretation of events – that is, one could well argue that these two military-political moves by Moscow were, in important ...
... ships were conducted long before they were acquired and transferred as part of the overall preparation for the operation in Syria, which began in the spring of 2015.
Issues of semi-reform and incomplete modernisation.
“The series of plane crashes ... ... rates for the two approximately equal overall.
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Antonov Serial Production Plant
Cessation of ties with Ukraine.
This did indeed have a negative impact on the plans to rearm the air force, but the expert exaggerates the significance ...
... for Russian Foreign Policy You Need to Know"
After October’s Valdai Discussion in Sochi, Ivan Timofeev
wrote a succinct assessment of the latest trends in Russian foreign policy
. Indeed, after the annexation of Crimea, the conflict in Ukraine, a downward spiral of sanctions, and Russia's latest intervention in Syria, it is no simple task to identify clear patterns of behavior.
One challenge is separating the old from the truly new, and the signal from the noise. That is,
Russia's foreign policy today comes with an assortment of information packaging, symbolism,...
... which is far from being stable. Although Russia and some of Washington's allies in Europe have agreed that the delivery of arms to the Ukrainian Army would intensify the situation in Ukraine, it seems that US senators don't want to hear about peace in Ukraine and keep pressuring the Obama Administration to carry out more hawkish policies in Eastern Europe, the Russian expert said.
Regarding the Syrian issue, however, the Obama Administration and the Senate don't have major disagreements and both agree that the Syrian "moderate" rebels ought to be helped in their fight against the Syrian Army loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, the ...
Recent developments both in Ukraine and Syria show that international community is making effort to come to terms with Russia on these two stumbling blocks but there is still a lot to be done. European Leadership Network Director
Ian Kearns
has shared his expert opinion on how these issues ...
... Affairs magazine Fyodor Lukyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, visited the Embassy of France to meet with Head of Continental Europe Department at French Foreign Ministry Florence Mangin for the discussion of Ukraine settlement, implementation progress of Minsk accords, Syria and initial results of the Vienna process on Syria, Moldova, and opportunities for interaction between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union.
Moderated by French Ambassador to Moscow Jean-Maurice Ripert, the event was also attended by Head of Department ...
... 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 this is understandable, given the nature of the history of the most serious, dangerous rivalry the world has ever seen. Sparta ...
