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Schumer Proposed Russian Deal To Bush In 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Vladmir Putin, Obama Medvedev, Obama Putin, Medvedev, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Bush Cheney, Dmitri Medvedev, Politics News

A little less than a year before President Obama reportedly sent a secret letter to Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev, offering to forgo an anti-mi...

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Afghanistan: Russia to the Rescue

William Bradley | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, America, Afghanistan, Missile Shield, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Boris Gromov, Joe Biden, 9/11, Kabul, Iran, Vladimir Putin, Kyber Pass, David Petraeus, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Moscow, Iraq, Al Jazeera, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Soviet Union, World News
William Bradley

Russia can certainly help the US greatly in Afghanistan. And the price -- ending the NATO encroachment strategy -- may be an inevitable one anyway, and thus perhaps easily paid.

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Russia-US Deal Could Save Money, Halt Iran Advance: Commentary

Times Online | Bronwen Maddox | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nuclear Weapons, Medvedev, President Barack Obama, Nuclear Power, President Obama, North Korea, Vladimir Putin Russia, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama Foreign Policy, Iran, Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Obama Foreign Policy, Dmitri Medvedev, Foreign Policy, World News

If President Obama really manages to pull together a deal with Russia that cuts each country's stockpile of nuclear warheads by four fifths it will be...

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Obama in the Tank

William Bradley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Al Qaeda, Ray Odierno, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Joe Biden, Iraq, Soviet Union, General Jim Jones, Iran, Central Command, Barack Obama, Central Asia, Russia, Taliban, Afghanistan, The Tank, Gen. David Petraeus, Dmitri Medvedev, Bob Gates, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Manchurian Candidate, Politics News
William Bradley

While most eyes were on the then impending vote on Obama's economic revival program, the new president ventured out to the Pentagon for his first meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday.

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12 Key Things About The Mumbai Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Inter-Services Intelligence, India, Condi Rice, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Pervez Musharraff, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Benazir Bhutto, Bill Clinton, Cold War, Obama Transition, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Soviet Union, Lashkar-E-Taiba, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
William Bradley

Last week's terrorist siege of Mumbai has created a new geopolitical crisis, with many angles and complications that will make President-elect Barack Obama's life even more complicated.

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Obama's New Power Troika Faces Crises Old and New

William Bradley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Caribbean, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Latin America, Robert Gates, Joe Biden, Iran, James Jones, Taliban, Vladimir Putin, Panama Canal, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Obama's Cabinet, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Islamic Jihadism, Donald Rumsfeld, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Ukraine, Politics News
William Bradley

It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.

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Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President-Elect!

William Bradley | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Bill Clinton, India, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Caribbean, Afghanistan, Bollywood, Brazil, Pakistan, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Iran, Mumbai, Russian Navy, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Bombay, Global Finance, Mumbai Attacks, Vladimir Putin, Obama Transition, Iraq, Islamic Jihadists, Cuba, Dmitri Medvedev, Politics News
William Bradley

For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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U.S.-Russian Relations: Current Tensions Reflect Past Foreign Policy Failures

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Nato, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Vladimir Putin, Obama, Amercan Foreign Policy, Russia War, Russia Georgia Conflict, Media Coverage of Russia-Gergian War, Mikhail Saakashvili, Mccain, Dmitri Medvedev, Russia Georgia War, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The Bush administration now pretends it can bully the Russians by threatening to kick them out of the G-8 and deny them membership in the WTO. This not only won't work, it is a dangerous delusion.

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Russian Forces Dig In Deep In Georgia Despite Promise To Pull Out

AP | MIKE ECKEL | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Georgia, Russia Georgia, Russia Georgia War, Russia Georgia Invasion, Russian Troops, Vladimir Putin, Dmitri Medvedev, Politics News

GORI, Georgia — Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials prom...

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New Russian President: U.S. In No Position To Dish Out Advice

New York Times | Clifford J. Levy | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Russia's new president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, less swaggering than his predecessor but as touchy about criticism from abroad, said in an interview that...

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Putin, Medvedev Pledge Unified Path

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Russian Presidential Election, Russian President Medvedev, Politics News

MOSCOW — Dmitry Medvedev, the man Vladimir Putin hand-picked to be his successor, scored a crushing victory in Russia's presidential election Su...

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