Rumors Of The Next Cold War
No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.
No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.
Chris Kelly | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
Rice's field of expertise is the Soviet Union. Ask anyone at the Hoover Institute. She's written books on the Soviets, a dissertation even! She speaks Russian. She has impeccable credentials -- for a top slot in the Ford administration.
Murray Fromson | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
While the conflict has aroused the predictable hostility and posturing of the U.S. government, policy wonks and the media, cooler heads will have to prevail before the situation disintegrates altogether.
Walter Mondale | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics
The athletes of the 1980 United States Summer Olympic team unwillingly, became the warriors in our country's defense of freedom. These men and women were the ones who were affected the most.
Omid Memarian | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Unlike most of veterans who respect human lives due to their profound and extraordinary experiences at wars, McCain's joking about people's lives is a disastrous trait for a president.
Krisztina Holly | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business
Whenever I ponder an opportunity in the face of convention and skepticism, I will remember to look to my father's fearless optimism for inspiration.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
The Soviet Red Army, the largest armed force in the world, was more than prepared to crush an armed resistance. Yet it was no match for hundreds of thousands of nonviolent Estonians singing their way to freedom.
William Bradley | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics
John McCain had to choose between supporting his party's president or denouncing his comments as the sort of hostile divisiveness he had himself just denounced. He chose to support Bush.
Steve Clemons | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics
Boeing has no sense of what consequences a financial relationship with Frank Gaffney might have on its Arab nation customers.
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.
Gimundo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 02.17.2008 | Living
In 1983, Petrov held a very important station: As lieutenant colonel, he was in charge of monitoring the Soviet Union's satellites over the United Sta...
Joe Lauria | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
We do know that Ron Paul deserves credit for bringing up the obvious in a hostile environment. Maybe some day historical fact will seep into the mainstream and at least be seriously debated.
Portfolio | James Verini | Posted 11.21.2007 | Business
Even in August, a visitor to Sakhalin Island, off the eastern shores of Russia, can detect a chill in the air. The pine and birch forests are still a ...
Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics
The average citizen doesn't realize that in the name of national security and fear of terrorism, the militarists have planned a future that is essentially a ticking time bomb.
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
Moscow, the early morning of August 19, 1991: the so-called State Committee on the State of Emergency was attempting to seize power in the Soviet Union.
Candy Spelling | Posted 10.06.2007 | Politics
A Reader's Digest from 1945 was a fun read, but the nostalgia and amusement ended when I arrived at "Bureaucrats at the Multiplication Table."
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Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home