Section: US & Canada
World leaders kick off second day at U.N. General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Forty-two world leaders kick off the second day of the 71st United Nations General Assembly. Leaders representing China, Afghanistan, the EU, Pakistan, Japan and Ukraine are among those slated to deliver their annual addresses in New York on Wednesday. On the opening day Tuesday, Syria and the refugee and migrant crisis were...
Journalist, Kremlin Critic Flees Russia Following Threats
A Russian journalist known for his anti-Kremlin stance has left Russia, saying he feared for his life. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why NATO Should Fear Russia’s A2/AD Capabilities (And How to Respond)
Constance Baroudos Security, Russia’s military is modernizing with new equipment and tactics. Time for NATO to step up. Russia’s hybrid warfare and anti-access, area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities have caused great concern among neighboring nations. Moscow’s aggressiveness is viewed as seeking to weaken the NATO alliance and...
The Daily Vertical: An Unrecognizable Duma?
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, September 21, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: An Unrecognizable Duma? (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Dangers of the Putin-Trump Relationship
Rob Glaser is one of the leading left-of-center campaign donors in America. With a fortune gained as an early employee at Microsoft and then as founder of RealNetworks, Glaser has backed causes including the Democracy Alliance and the early political career of Barack Obama. In this current cycle, Glaser is funding a new kind of political effort:...
Who Are Putin’s New Members of Parliament?
Russia’s parliamentary election seemed like business as usual as President Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party hailed a record victory, despite plummeting approval ratings. While the election failed to give the opposition a foothold beyond the margins of Russian politics, the result means a tide of new pro-Kremlin faces...
Biden Talks Energy Reform With Ukraine’s Poroshenko
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has told Ukraine’s president that reforms to the country’s energy sector are imperative and need to be accelerated. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why President Obama Has Difficulty Garnering Respect Internationally
As President Obama gives his valedictory speech to the United Nations General Assembly and has recently returned from a farewell tour of East Asia, it sure seems like other countries were dissing him. Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines–a small, poor country that has a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea and...
