Entries from Masha Lipman at PostGlobal tagged with 'United States'
Open Communication is Crucial
There is a desperate lack of communication between the U.S. and Russia. Unless this is overcome, relations will be locked in a vicious circle of ad hoc moves and responses and Russia will tip further in the anti-Western and authoritarian direction.
According to Putin, U.S. Is the Bigger Threat
Russia's President Putin lashed out against the United States, but had relatively mild words for Iran. In his view, America presents a much greater threat to world peace than a nuclear Iran.
U.S. Human Rights Abuses Embolden Authoritarian Regimes
Moscow, Russia - It is highly unusual for a leader of a great nation to publicly justify torture, but this is pretty much what President Bush did last week. Talking about the interrogation of a terrorist suspect Abu Zubaydah the...
Either Way, Cuba Has a Rough Road Ahead
Moscow, Russia - The U.S. cannot afford to lose Cuba to Venezuela, but the prospect of outright victory looks unlikely. Cuba probably won't turn definitively in any direction. Instead, after Castro Cuba may go through a period of governments of...
Pragmatism Trumps Idealism
Moscow, Russia -- The United States could not have put an end to the Soviet Empire 30 years earlier by defending the Hungarian uprising against the Communist occupation. Here's why not:...
Now is Not the Time
Moscow, Russia -- The suggestion to carry out a strike against North Korea sounds logical, rational and likely even reasonable - but that would have been before the war in Iraq...Or rather, instead of it....
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