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West must not trust Putin on Syria | Financial Times – United Kingdom
Sep30

West must not trust Putin on Syria | Financial Times – United Kingdom

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Ukraine, Nato rebuke Putin on Syria
Sep30

Ukraine, Nato rebuke Putin on Syria

The Ukrainian president, and a top Nato general, have accused Russia of trying to hoodwink the international community on Syria. …read more Source:...

Putin and Obama disagree on Syria? Think again
Sep30

Putin and Obama disagree on Syria? Think again

The bad blood between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin and their so-called dueling speeches at the United Nations on Monday masks a deeper reality: The two presidents are today in more alignment than they have been in years on what to do about Syria. As a result, some sources suggest that despite the tough rhetoric on the surface between the two...

NATO reaches fork in road
Sep30

NATO reaches fork in road

After 14 years of fighting against Al Qaida, the Taliban and now ISIL, while increasingly focusing on Asia Pacific, the United States is waking up to the reality that Europe, once considered an island of peace and stability, is in trouble. Europe is buffeted by three powerful gales: the deteriorating security situation along NATO’s southern...

Pentagon’s top Russia official resigns
Sep29

Pentagon’s top Russia official resigns

The Pentagon’s top official overseeing military relations with Russia and Ukraine is resigning amid the ongoing debate within the Obama administration over how respond to Russian moves in Ukraine and Syria. Evelyn Farkas, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, is leaving her post at the end of next month...

Russia once more a force to be reckoned with | Tages-Anzeiger – Switzerland
Sep29

Russia once more a force to be reckoned with | Tages-Anzeiger – Switzerland

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Moscow can deal with crisis situations | Večernji List – Croatia
Sep29

Moscow can deal with crisis situations | Večernji List – Croatia

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US to work with Russia on Syria, defends Ukraine sanctions
Sep29

US to work with Russia on Syria, defends Ukraine sanctions

The US has agreed to work with Russia on Syria, but the US leader, in New York, gave no sign of a quid pro quo on Ukraine sanctions. …read more Source:...

Let Czar Putin overextend himself
Sep29

Let Czar Putin overextend himself

Vladimir Putin says he isn’t a czar, but increasingly he’s behaving like one. So why not let him go the way of Russia’s last czar—and sink himself by overextending himself militarily? Despite the risk that a weak or dithering response by the West to Putin’s new advance into Syria will only encourage the hardliners around...

Putin’s new world order
Sep29

Putin’s new world order

The president of Russia uses a Putin-speak in his speeches that we must parse word for word, in our own best interests. Only after translating them into normal speech do we learn what he has said and why. His September 28 speech to the United Nations General Assembly made seven overlapping and interdependent points that are worth translating....