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May 2013

SOL SANDERS: SQUAWK, SQUAWK..BANG?

http://www.worldtribune.com/ That loud noise you hear now coming out of the Middle East is the sound of a  frighteningly dangerous game of chicken between Russia and Israel [and inferentially the U.S.}. Last minute pleas by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Soviet President Vladimir Putin, delivered at Sochi on the Black Sea where Moscow has […]

Future Russian Strategic Challenges by Peter Huessy and Mark B. Schneider

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3720/russia-strategic-challenge The current administration is in a poor position to negotiate with Russia. There are press reports that the administration will attempt to evade Congressional approval of a new arms control agreement. Russia clearly represents an increasingly serious strategic challenge. Russia has steadily become more anti-democratic and hostile to the US. The Kremlin encourages nationalism; […]