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Vladimir Putin, BRICS Bank and Eclipse of South American Idealism
If recent developments are any indication, South American political elites seem to have jettisoned much of the high minded left idealism of past years in favor of crass economic interests. In a somewhat outlandish turn of events, Brazil has embraced Vladimir Putin, a figure who has desperately sought to end his country’s political and...
NATO To Create ‘Spearhead’ Rapid Reaction Force In Response To Ukraine Crisis
By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, Sept 1 (Reuters) – NATO leaders will respond to the Ukraine crisis by agreeing this week to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force, potentially including several thousand troops, that could be sent to a hotspot in as little as two days, officials said on Monday. The 28-nation alliance already has a...
Why President Obama’s Visit to Estonia Really Matters
This post was co-authored with András Simonyi. President Obama’s brief stopover in Tallinn en route to the NATO Summit in Wales this week couldn’t have been be any timelier. Showing up in person matters a lot to the Balts who are increasingly feeling the heat after Russia’s invasion of Crimea and subsequent aggression in Eastern...
Merkel: ISIS Poses Major Risk To Europe
By Noah Barkin BERLIN, Sept 1 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her government’s taboo-breaking decision to send arms to Kurds fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, telling parliament on Monday that the group posed a major security threat to Germany and Europe. A day after Berlin announced it would send...
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Direct And Open Aggression’
KIEV, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it had pulled its forces back from defending a vital airport in the east against Russian tanks, as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression”. The withdrawal from the civilian airport outside the city of Luhansk was the latest in a...
Vladimir Putin Isn’t Going To Stop
Wreaking havoc in Ukraine is just the beginning. …read more Source: The Huffington...
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez: It’s Time To Arm Ukraine
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said it’s time for President Barack Obama’s administration to arm Ukraine in the face of a Russian “invasion.” Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” from Ukraine’s capital Kiev, Menendez said Russian President Vladimir Putin has “sized...
Putin Calls For Talks On Eastern Ukraine ‘Statehood’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling on Ukraine to immediately start talks on a political solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, including discussing statehood.In comments to the national TV network Channel 1, which were reported by Russian news agencies, Putin said the talks must have the goal of...
EU Gives Russia Ultimatum: Pull Back In Ukraine Or Face Sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away. Instead, the 28-nation bloc’s heads of state and government tasked their executive body to “urgently” prepare tougher...
Ferguson Funeral, California Quake and A Tomato Fight: Week In Photos, Aug. 24 – 31
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week.1. Nicholas George looks under a buckled highway just outside of Napa, CA after an earthquake struck the area in the early hours of Aug. 24,...
