... was living through a new Cold War.
In a recent telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin, US president Barack Obama positioned himself as the moral conscience of the West, asking Russia to stop bombing moderate Syrian rebels who ... ... operational because it is just talk, social conversation. Iran will never agree to align with its enemy Saudi Arabia and its ally, the United States. After the hype Brent Crude on February 16th fell 4% in value.
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... already spent upwards of $3 trillion to “democratize” the Middle East, Washington is spending again, and president Barack Obama has just made a rather lackluster speech to build popular support for an unpopular war that is trending toward becoming popular, which means congressional support for more defense spending.
Nobody can even agree on the name of the group the United States coalition is fighting. Obama calls it “ISIL”. The New York Times and USA Today call it “ISIS.” Others just call it “IS.”
Is’s all part of what an essay by Brookings,...
... Kennan’s containment policy helped define the rules of Cold War engagement on both sides.
In February U.S. president Barack Obama named a new undersecretary of state for public diplomacy Richard Stengel, a former managing editor of Time magazine.... ... secretary of state John Kerry has called the Russian media platform “RT” a “propaganda bullhorn.” But the United States has a couple of those too. Kerry, like his boss, has been calling for tougher sanctions if the Kremlin doesn’t ...
