Search: USA,UN,Saudi Arabia,Russia (5 materials)

Palestinian Statehood after October 7: Any Odds of Success?

... agreements, the question remains: what next? The terrorist action undertaken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, unprecedented in its scale ... ... unprecedented Israeli retaliation, which claimed lives of many thousands of Palestinians to result in a major humanitarian catastrophe,... ... centerstage of international attention, whereas further normalization of Saudi Arabia’s relations with Israel has been indefinitely postponed.... ... The monopolization of the peace process by the United States, in Russia’s view, was one of the reasons that led to the horrific ...

27.02.2024

Crowdfunding with the enemy

With western media continuing to blame Russia and its allies for the escalation of violence in Syria and elsewhere, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told participants at the Munich Security Conference-- itself a relic of the Cold War designed to promote defense spending-- that “all sides in Syria ... ... crowdfunding with the enemy. Here'show it works. Reuters and CNN buzzed up a tenuous agreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia to freeze oil output at current “maximum” production levels( no reduction in production). But this initiative ...

16.02.2016

The ISIS Crisis and the faiblesse of global governance

An American and two Russians have landed safely in Kazakhstan after 5 ½ months ... ... there is no cooperation toward a more peaceful world between the United States and Russia. Meanwhile, private citizens of Qatar,... ... fighting. Obama calls it “ISIL”. The New York Times and USA Today call it “ISIS.” Others just call it “IS.... ... has been around longer, and has long held the goal of removing Saudi Arabia as the center of world Islam. Days before that statement,...

11.09.2014

Predicting critical events, an institutional challenge.

... That’s what Daniel Levy, Middle East director at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), told The New York Times in an ... ... York Times sourced Levy about the latest attempt by Israel and Saudi Arabia to cooperate on a casus belli project involving their ... ... his fate last year during his secret visit outside Moscow with Russian president Vladimir Putin. He bragged that Riyadh controlled ... ... square one. Billions of dollars are spent annually, and thousands of jobs are created in government and the private sector ...

22.05.2014

Nuclear geopolitics. Shifting sands along Africa’s Uranium Road

A groundswell of popular articles and academic monographs are appearing that discuss nuclear guided missile warfare, modernizing delivery ... ... quiet, silent. You don’t see it, feel it or hear it. This view was confirmed recently by Sergey Ivanov, chief of staff for Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin, responding to questions from the international online media platform “RT.” ...

19.02.2014

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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