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    The Hawkish Cult of “Leadership” (II)
    Feb25

    The Hawkish Cult of “Leadership” (II)

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 18:50 (EET) Section: The American Conservative (USA)

    Joe Lieberman wrote a predictably tedious op-ed calling for American “leadership.” One interesting thing about it is that he repeated a claim that Sens. Sasse and Ernst made in their own appeal for hawkish “leadership” last week: In a conversation with the leader of a European ally, some of us asked what the United States could do to be most...

    Heidegger’s Ghosts
    Feb25

    Heidegger’s Ghosts

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 17:34 (EET) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    A specter haunts the post-Cold War liberal order—the specter of radical spiritual malaise. This discontent with or downright opposition to the Western-originated, universalist claims of the broadly liberal cultural, economic, and political order takes diverse forms. One can detect it among Iranian revolutionary theocrats, Russian imperialist...

    Moscow Has The Third Largest Number of Billionaires Globally
    Feb25

    Moscow Has The Third Largest Number of Billionaires Globally

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 16:49 (EET) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Despite Russia’s ongoing financial crisis, Moscow is third in the world by the number of billionaire residents, independent thinktank the Hurun Institute reports. The Hurun institute, which annually ranks China and other countries’ most wealthy entrepreneurs, reports that in 2015 only Beijing and New York have more billionaires than...

    How Russia’s oil giant could beat sanctions
    Feb25

    How Russia’s oil giant could beat sanctions

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 16:34 (EET) Section: CNBC (USA)

    Russia’s Rosneft is awaiting a European court ruling on what it claims are illegal sanctions linked to Moscow’s involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    There Appears to Be a Truce After Years of Hostilities Between the World’s Great Oil Producers
    Feb25

    There Appears to Be a Truce After Years of Hostilities Between the World’s Great Oil Producers

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 16:34 (EET) Section: AlterNet (USA)

    Will OPEC be able to enforce this deal? In Doha, Qatar’s capital, the energy ministers of Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela huddled behind closed doors at the St. Regis Hotel. These four countries account for about a third of the world oil output. The combined oil output from Russia and Saudi Arabia delivers about 13 percent of the...

    Russia says there is no ‘plan B’ for Syria — but its airstrikes tell a different story
    Feb25

    Russia says there is no ‘plan B’ for Syria — but its airstrikes tell a different story

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 16:34 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Thomson ReutersRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Thursday that there is no “plan B” on Syria’s ceasefire agreement and will not be one, according to Reuters. His comments echoed those of Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who said at a conference in Moscow that Russian officials are “perplexed...

    The rise of billionaire Len Blavatnik, one of Wall Street’s greatest dealmakers
    Feb25

    The rise of billionaire Len Blavatnik, one of Wall Street’s greatest dealmakers

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 16:04 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Michael Buckner/GettyLast month, Business Insider published a list of the richest people on earth. Ukraine-born American investor Leonard Blavatnik came in at No. 42 with a net worth of $16.7 billion. The self-made billionaire’s wealth has ballooned in recent years thanks to his privately held industrial group, Access Industries, which has...

    Cops: Pennsylvania honors student was 23-year-old Ukrainian
    Feb25

    Cops: Pennsylvania honors student was 23-year-old Ukrainian

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 15:34 (EET) Section: The Bellingham Herald (USA)

    Police say a central Pennsylvania high school honors student was actually a 23-year-old Ukrainian national using a false identity after his visa expired. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    Cops: Pennsylvania honors student was 23-year-old Ukrainian
    Feb25

    Cops: Pennsylvania honors student was 23-year-old Ukrainian

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 15:34 (EET) Section: U.S. News (USA)

    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police say a central Pennsylvania high school honors student was actually a 23-year-old Ukrainian national using a false identity after his visa expired. …read more Source: U.S....

    Putin and Trump Are ‘Dangerous Clowns,’ Says Pussy Riot Member
    Feb25

    Putin and Trump Are ‘Dangerous Clowns,’ Says Pussy Riot Member

    Thursday, February 25 , 2016 - 15:34 (EET) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova has branded Russian President Vladimir Putin and aspiring U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump “dangerous clowns” who have much in common. Putin first became president over 15 years ago, with relatively little experience in politics, having mainly worked for Moscow’s security services prior to the...