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Russia killed Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, Moldova keeps silent
December 02, 2011By Vladimir Socor/ Jamestown Foundation/ Washington, DC -- In December 2007, Moscow killed the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) officially, declaring a unilateral “moratorium” (suspension) of indefinite duration on Russia...
Afghanistan: France follows US in troop withdrawal
June 23, 2011French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced the phased withdrawal of its 4,000 soldiers serving in Afghanistan. A statement said the French would follow the timetable of US withdrawals announced by President Barack Obama. Mr Obama said 10,000 US...
Pakistan 'arrests CIA informants in Bin Laden raid'
June 15, 2011Pakistan has arrested five alleged informants for the CIA who helped in the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in northern Pakistan in May, US media report. Among those held by the intelligence agency, the ISI, was the owner of a safe...
Republican 2012 hopefuls open debate in New Hampshire
June 14, 2011Seven Republican presidential hopefuls have attacked President Barack Obama's economic record in the first major debate of the 2012 campaign. The candidates for the party's nomination also focused criticism on his 2010 overhaul of the healthcare system...
Russia to the West’s rescue in Libya?
June 03, 2011As predicted from the outset of the Libya crisis (EDM, April 21, 26), Russia now officially proposes to “help” extricate the Western belligerents from their difficulties in Libya. Moreover, Moscow’s mediation is being solicited. At the...
Obama in Poland: The start of a new practical relationship?
June 02, 2011Barack Obama’s visit to Poland on May 27-28 was markedly different from earlier U.S. presidential visits to the country. There was no major policy speech, no overarching agenda item to drive the headlines, and only small groups of onlookers in...
US defence firm Lockheed Martin hit by cyber-attack
May 29, 2011US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber-attack, which took place last week. Few details were available, but Lockheed said its security team had detected the threat quickly and ensured that none of its programmes had...
The US Senate gets serious with Moscow
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May 27, 2011“Expressions of concern are not a substitute for a real policy ... it’s time for consequences,” announced US Senator Benjamin Cardin as he rose to introduce S.1039, the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011. The bill...
Hillary Clinton pledges US 'commitment' to Pakistan
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May 27, 2011US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed Washington's "strong commitment" to relations with Pakistan. She was speaking as she arrived in Islamabad on a previously unannounced visit aimed at soothing tensions between the two countries...
N Korea 'to release US citizen Eddie Jun Yong-su'
May 27, 2011North Korea says it is releasing an American citizen it has been holding for six months on unspecified charges. Eddie Jun Yong-su would be freed on humanitarian grounds following repeated requests by visiting US officials, the KCNA state news agency...