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Mar
20
2009
American Foreign Policy, Russia By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

Where’s Vladimir?

Aug
20
2008
American Foreign Policy, Russia, The American Presidency By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

More Belligerent Rhetoric from the Kremlin

Moscow keeps upping the ante. Today, the Kremlin announced that it is willing to use means other than diplomacy to respond to further development of the U.S. missile defense system in Poland. According to the Associated Press,
Russia lashed out at the United States on Wednesday over a missile defense deal with Poland and [...]

Aug
9
2008
Russia By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

Military Conflict Continues Between Russia and Georgia

Defense analysts who once believed that Dmitry Medvedev’s Kremlin would differ from Vladimir Putin’s now have their answer.  Russia needs to withdraw its forces from Georgia immediately.  Here’s an article from Bloomberg News:     
Russia Is Waging `Full-Scale War’ Over S. Ossetia, Georgia Says
By Alex Nicholson
Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) — Georgia accused Russia of waging “full-scale war,” as [...]

Jul
8
2008
American Foreign Policy, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

From Russia With Love?

Henry Kissinger wrote an interesting piece in today’s Washington Post on the future of U.S.-Russian relations under the leadership of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.  Kissinger is optimistic about the future of the relationship between to the two states, even though relations have cooled in recent years between President Bush and former President Vladimir Putin.  In [...]