Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland made a bombshell admission Wednesday at an otherwise quiet hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Paul Robinson: World Cup Blog Post 1
irrussianalityJune 24, 2018
I’ve just arrived in Nizhny Novgorod after a couple of days in Moscow. So, here is the good and bad of my initial impressions of World Cup 2018…
POLITICO: Bolton headed to Moscow next week to broker Trump-Putin meeting
STEPHANIE MURRAYJune 21, 2018
National security adviser John Bolton will visit Moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said on Thursday morning.
Gov. Jerry Brown, George Shultz and William Perry Warn Against “Low Yield” Nuclear Weapons
WAPOJune 21, 2018
California Gov. Jerry Brown and prominent former U.S. officials wrote to the Senate majority leader the previous month decrying the W76-2 as a gateway to nuclear catastrophe – reports The Washington Post.
M.K. Bhadrakumar: Trump holds the clock on North Korea while Putin plans his moves
Asia TimesJune 21, 2018
Talk about a gas pipeline from Russia down through the Korean Peninsula has resurfaced amid a flurry of activity after the summit in Singapore and the Russian leader could be destined to play a key role in upcoming initiatives.
Fred Weir: Russian news influences
facebookJune 21, 2018
I keep seeing stories like this, literally dozens of them, whose main thrust is a breathless warning that Russian news influences — whether from direct sources like RT or “Kremlin line” ones like the Ron Paul Institute [?!?!?] — are totally wiping the floor with mainstream media, along with Western government press departments and the whole universe of Western think tanks, NGO’s and opinion setters.
Stephen F. Cohen: Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence
the nation/john batchelor showJune 20, 2018
In these most dangerous of times in US-Russian relations, American politics is consumed by a Russiagate “core narrative” that is essentially a conspiracy theory about an alleged conspiracy.
Lev Golinkin: I Know The Terror Migrant Children Face
the forwardJune 20, 2018
The awful night my family crossed the Soviet border is still seared in my mind.
Alan Tonelson: America First at Home and Abroad
TNIJune 19, 2018
Trump’s case for America First must refute internationalism’s root strategic assumptions and transform the nation’s definition of foreign-policy success.
Steven Goff: What’s it really like in Russia? During World Cup, more vibrant than I expected.
WAPOJune 19, 2018
Moscow is the vibrant heart of this soccer celebration…