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US, Russia Note Progress on Nuclear Arms Treaty
October 13, 2009Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and Russia have made "considerable" progress on plans to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Lavrov made the comments to reporters Tuesday following his meeting in Moscow with U.S. Secretary...
CEPA: Russian Strategy toward Central Europe
October 02, 2009By Jakub Grygiel, CEPA Summary Russia has never abandoned the desire to restore its influence over Central Europe – that belt of countries from the Baltic to the Black sea that has so often been the victim of Russian expansion in decades past...
David Smith: Obama Missile Defense Blunder
September 28, 2009By DAVID SMITH The U.S. decision to cancel deployment of a ballistic missile defense system in Central Europe in favor of boosting shorter-range defenses creates immediate policy problems for the Obama administration: It shreds agreements with the...
US President Obama Chairs UN Security Council Disarmament Summit
September 24, 2009U.S. President Barak Obama chaired a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, urging strides toward a world without nuclear weapons. The council unanimously approved a resolution expressing grave concern about...
Obama, Europe, and the inevitable
September 21, 2009By Craig Kennedy What will the overwhelming European support of President Obama mean for transatlantic relations? Will this unprecedented level of confidence in an American leader preface a new golden age of common perspectives on global and bilateral...
Putin Lauds Obama for Scrapping Missile Defense System in Europe
September 18, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic is "correct and brave." Mr. Putin Friday said he hopes other measures that would...
Obama's decision on missile defense sites in Europe-grave mistake
September 17, 2009Today's announcement by the Obama Administration that it plans to discontinue the deployment of U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic represents a stunning reversal of longstanding U.S. policy priorities and a potentially grave strategic...
Stalin Planned to Annex Parts of Iran, Turkey and China
August 31, 2009By Paul Goble Stalin viewed the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which allowed Moscow to seize the Baltic countries, Bessarabia, and part of Poland as “a model” for the subsequent annexation of portions of Iran, Turkey and...
Moldovan Court Quashes All Charges On Ex-Minister Valeriu Pasat
July 16, 2009A court in ex-Soviet Moldova has dropped the final remaining charges against a former defense minister, once accused of defrauding the treasury by selling warplanes cheaply to the United States. Valeriu Pasat was freed from detention in 2008 under an...
Secretary Hilary Clinton remarks: Foreign Policy Address at CFR
July 15, 2009Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess...