Russian Anti-Americanism: A Priority Target for U.S. Public Diplomacy

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Anti-Americanism, Russia, Anti-Americanism, Central Europe, Cold-War, Decline, democracy, Foreign Policy, Freedom, Information Warfare, kremlin, Partial Success, Policy Goals, Priority Target, Propaganda, Public Diplomacy, Radio Broadcasting, Russia, Russian Government, Soviet Satellites, Soviet States, Traditional Tv

The Kremlin is using anti-Americanism as a strategic tool for pursuing domestic and foreign policy goals. Through media controlled or owned by the state, the Russian government is deliberately spreading poisonous anti-U.S. propaganda at home and abroad, blaming many of Russia’s problems on the West, particularly the United States. The partial success of this policy [...]

Allied bid for Obama to remove US European nuclear stockpile

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Nuclear, Barack Obama, Bid, bombs, Cold-War, Era, European Nato, European Soil, NATO, Nato Allies, Nuclear Stockpile, Nuclear Weapons

European NATO allies are to urge President Barack Obama to remove all remaining US nuclear weapons from European soil, as domestic pressure grows to rid its soil of outdated Cold War-era aerial bombs.
Allied bid for Obama to remove US European nuclear stockpile

China’s hawks demand cold war on the US – Times Online

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Favorites, New Cold War, Army And Navy, Barack Obama, beijing, Beijing China, Change Internet, China And America, China War, Chinese Language, climate change, Cold-War, Foes, Hawks, Human Rights, Independent Survey, Internet Freedom, Language Media, Military Showdown, Navy Officers, New War, Political Leaders, poll, Sunday Times, Taiwan, Three Months, Tibet

MORE than half of Chinese people questioned in a poll believe China and America are heading for a new “cold war”.
The finding came after battles over Taiwan, Tibet, trade, climate change, internet freedom and human rights which have poisoned relations in the three months since President Barack Obama made a fruitless visit to Beijing.
An independent [...]

Medvedev signs Russia’s military doctrine – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Cold-War, Conventional Military Forces, Dependence, Era, Magnitude, Medvedev, Military Doctrine, moscow, Nuclear Arsenals, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Force, Russia, Shape, Signs

The document says Russia reserves the right to use nuclear force in response to a nuclear attack or one of equivalent magnitude.
Russia’s conventional military forces are in dilapidated shape, increasing Moscow’s dependence on its Cold War-era nuclear arsenals.
Medvedev signs Russia’s military doctrine – washingtonpost.com

US to hold arms reductions talks with China, Gates says – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, China Gates, China Military, Cold-War, Confrontations, Military Defence, New Delhi, Robert Gates, Telegraph, Us Defence Secretary

The US wants to open Cold War-style arms reduction talks with China to prevent future military confrontations, Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
US to hold arms reductions talks with China, Gates says – Telegraph

Why Wars No Longer End with Winners and Losers – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in War, Academic Project, Afghanistan, Civil Wars, Cold-War, Columbia University, Correlates Of War, Half A Percent, iraq, Newsweek, Political Scientist, Winners And Losers, world-war-II

With U.S. troops leaving Iraq and deploying in Afghanistan, it’s worth asking: how are wars won now? Increasingly, they’re not. Instead, says Page Fortna, a political scientist at Columbia University who researches war outcomes, nearly half of all wars since World War II have ended indecisively. That trend between states started with the Cold War, [...]

Russian energy group with the power to plunge Europe into darkness | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, Click Of A Button, Cold-War, Computer Screens, Energy Companies, Energy Group, Energy Resources, Five Rings, gazprom, Map Of Europe, Natural Gas, Oil And Gas, Outsiders, Raw Power, Russian Energy, Siberia, Spartan, Trajectories, Tundra, Underground Facilities, Western Energy

Gazprom has so much natural gas under the tundra of Siberia that its energy resources are equivalent to all the oil and gas fields owned by western energy companies put together
The next cold war may well take place in a room that looks oddly like a scene from the last one. Along one wall of [...]

American Thinker Blog: While US disarms, Russia and China build up their military

Posted by Matt in January 6th, 2010 | 3 comments

Published in China, Military, Russia, U.S., American Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy Council, American Thinker Blog, Atrophy, Ballistic Missile, Cold-War, Constriction, Defense News, Ilan Berman, minuteman, Missile Arsenal, Modernization, Neglect, Nuclear Weapon State, Peacekeeper, Range Missiles, Replacements, Stagnation, Superiority, Thayer

In this week’s issue of Defense News , Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, warns, “Stagnation threatens U.S. arms superiority.” After noting recent tests by Russia and China of new nuclear-armed missiles, Berman writes,

Indeed, practically every declared nuclear weapon state is engaged in a serious modernization of its strategic arsenal. [...]

Putin Says U.S. Antimissile Plan Is Blocking New Arms Treaty – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Aggressiveness, Balance Of Power, Cold-War, Economics, Journalists, Missile Defense System, Mr Putin, Nytimes, Obstacle, Offensive Weapons, Prime Minister, Real Politics, Umbrella, Vladimir Putin, Vladivostok

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin said on Tuesday that the main obstacle to replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or Start, is Washington’s plan to build a missile defense system, which he said endangered the cold war-era balance of power.
“If we don’t develop a missile defense system, a danger arises for us that with an [...]

Russia and Europe need to move closer | Sergei Karaganov | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Cold-War, Eternal Issue, Euro, Europe, Global Economy, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, International Politics, Move Free, Rapid Changes, Rivalries, Russia

Old cold war rivalries have come back to the fore. It’s in both parties’ interests to work towards a new ‘Union of Europe’
Rapid changes in the global economy and international politics are raising, once more, an eternal issue in Russia: the country’s relations with Europe, and with the Euro-Atlantic region as a whole. Of course, [...]