THE QUESTION
Russia's back with a vengeance. Is Putin justified in criticizing NATO expansion? Should Russia's neighbors worry?
Posted by David Ignatius on February 22, 2007 1:21 PM
FROM THE PANEL
Masha Lipman is the editor of the Pro et Contra journal, published by Carnegie Moscow Center. Lipman is also an expert in the Civil Society Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center. She served as deputy editor of the Russian weekly newsmagazines, Ezhenedel’ny zhurnal from 2001 to 2003, and of Itogi magazine from 1995 to 2001. She has worked as a translator, researcher, and contributor forMoscow bureau of The Washington Post and has had a monthly op-ed column in The Washington Post since 2001.
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.
Masha Lipman Moscow, Russia |
25 COMMENTSFeb 25, 2007 at 3:22 PM
Mahmoud Sabit is a historian and an authority on Egypt’s 19th century political reforms. Sabit also works as a writer and producer of historical documentaries.
Putin Asks Europe to Join Him (*Author Responds*)
Mahmoud Sabit Cairo, Egypt | 75 COMMENTS
Lamis Andoni is a Middle East consultant for Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based news station. She has been covering the Middle East for 20 years. She has reported for the Christian Science Monitor, the Financial Times and the main newspapers in Jordan. She was a professor at the Graduate School in UC Berkeley.
Beware the Bear, America
Lamis Andoni Doha, Qatar | 18 COMMENTS
Daoud Kuttab is a Palestinian journalist. He was born in Jerusalem in 1955. Presently he is a visiting professor at Princeton University in the United States. Mr. Kuttab is the former director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al Quds University in Ramallah, Palestine and the founder of AmmanNet, the Arab world's first internet radio station. His personal web page is www.daoudkuttab.com
Russia Could Check U.S. Power
Daoud Kuttab Princeton, NJ | 18 COMMENTSREADER RESPONSE
» Felix Drost, Amsterdam, NL | Mr Sabit, thank you for your response, you raise many challenging questions and have elucidated your position. You are correct in that US unilateralis...
» CL | Sabit:
Thank you for your detailed response. While you are correct in highlighting that US policies have not won it any friends in wider (western) Eu...
» Mahmoud Sabit | Felix Drost/CL
I am not suggesting that Europe will turn its back on its long standing relationship with the USA, however recent US policies in the Mi... 
