Section: US & Canada
Ukraine peace plan in tatters, conflict takes shape
Kiev said on Wednesday it would halt payment of state funds in areas controlled by pro-Moscow rebels, as both sides hardened positions. …read more Source:...
Few Changes Predicted in US-Russia Relations After US Elections
The crisis in Ukraine has damaged relations between Washington and Moscow, with some experts believing they are at their lowest point in decades. Now that the Republican Party controls both houses of Congress, will that have an effect on U.S.-Russia relations? John Parker, a Russia expert at the National Defense University in Washington, said,...
Russian troops closer to Ukraine border: NATO chief
Russia has moved troops closer to the border with Ukraine and continues to support rebels in the country’s east, NATO’s chief said on Tuesday, after an election held by the pro-Russian separatists and condemned by Kiev and Western leaders. …read more Source:...
Russia Tells US It Will Not Attend 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
Russia has told the United States that it will not attend a 2016 nuclear security summit, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of frosty ties between Washington and Moscow. Explaining why it would stay away, Moscow said it doubted the value of the summit, which is to be held in Chicago in 2016, and believed the views of...
The Midterm’s Mantra of Fear and Loathing
Don’t kid yourselves; from the Islamic State to Ukraine to Iran, foreign policy mattered in Tuesday’s elections. …read more Source: Foreign...
Putin Tops Forbes Most Powerful List
Four of the top five most powerful people on Forbes’ 2014 list are leaders of influential countries. For the second year running, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin tops the list as the most powerful person in the world. Russia’s invasion of Crimea and an oil pipeline deal with China are two of several reasons for the former KGB...
Here’s Why Forbes Named Putin The Most Powerful Leader On Earth
For the second straight year, Russian President Vladimir Putin was named the World’s Most Powerful Person by Forbes magazine. Leading international counterparts like Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping, Putin takes the lead based on “an evaluation of hard power.” This year, Putin annexed the multi-ethnic...
Forbes Magazine Names Putin World’s Most Powerful Person
For the second year in a row, the U.S. business magazine Forbes has named Russian President Vladimir Putin the most powerful person in the world. The magazine said its editors picked the Russian leader over President Barack Obama, with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rounding out the top five. Forbes...
Kissinger: Putin Is Not Stalin
The growing conflict between the West and Russia today is not the same as that during the Cold War, Henry Kissinger told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York this week at a symposium marking the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Nevertheless, the former secretary of state, who at 91 remains a strong and influential voice in...
Russia explains why it would snub nuclear summit
The ministry claimed that the U.S. along with the Netherlands and South Korea that hosted the previous summits would play a dominant role in preparing the summit’s documents, something that Moscow considers unfair. The ministry said that Moscow will focus instead on expanding cooperation within the International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N....
