The Russian military moves to shore up the Syrian Regime in its fight against the Islamic State and other rebel forces.
Will Russia Become the “Main Engine” of the Destruction of the Islamic State?
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Finland Still Walks a Fine Line Between Defying and Placating Russia
Meanwhile, some in Finland sympathize with Russia.
Call for Sanity on Sixtieth Anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Sixty years after Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell issued their manifesto about the growing threat of world war, the globe continues to face the prospect of nuclear annihilation — coupled with the looming threat of climate change.
Why the World Is Becoming the Un-Sweden
Convergence theory predicted that the world would become like Swedish social democracy. Why has the opposite happened?
U.S. Too Casual About the Prospects of War With Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
U.S. saber-rattling over the Ukraine Crisis can lure Russia into war.
Stephen Walt Ventures Into the Taboo, Calls for Appeasement in Ukraine
According to Stephen Walt, insecurity, not the urge to expand, is behind Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
Ukraine Government: “No Russian Troops Are Fighting Against Us”
The Chief of Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, General Viktor Muzhenko stated that the only Russian citizens fighting in the contested region are residents of that region or Ukraine and some Russian citizens.
PBS-TV’s Frontline Misrepresents Vladimir Putin
Frontline ignores the role that the Harvard Economics Department played in post-Soviet privatization and the ensuing corruption.
Will a Falling Ruble and Declining Oil Prices Spell Doom for Russia?
Despite the ruble falling as fast as oil prices, the Russian economy is unlikely to collapse.
NATO: Rebellion in the Ranks?
The countries of the former Warsaw Pact are not knuckling under to pressure from Russia. They’re trying to avoid a new cold war.