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China tells US to drop Cold War attitude after ’spy’ arrests

Posted by Matt in February 14th, 2008 | 1 comment 
Published in China, Espionage,

China on Thursday told the United States to drop its “Cold War” attitude and stop accusing Beijing of espionage, after US authorities arrested four people on charges of spying for the Chinese.
“The so-called accusation against China on the issue of espionage is totally groundless,” foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said when asked to comment on [...]

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This Ain’t Your Granddaddy’s Cold War

Posted by Matt in February 12th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in New Cold War, Russia, U.S.,

Seventeen years later, some question exists as to whether or not the Cold War actually ended in 1991. And contrary to the notions of a new era of peace and stability, conflicts that were previously unified into the overarching guise of the Cold War have splintered. With the overwhelming international focus on the controversial war [...]

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The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in New Cold War, Russia, West,

No enemy is too small. In an eye-opening passage, Lucas chronicles how the Russian state has crushed aspirations towards a cultural renaissance among the tiny 600,000 Mari people in central Russia, apparently for getting too close to Estonia. He warns us in particular on the issue of gas, Russia’s main export to the rest of [...]

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Putin’s New Cold War

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2008 | 1 comment 
Published in New Cold War, Russia,

So you thought the Cold War was over, did you? Welcome to Vladimir Putin’s new Russian Empire.
Using the wealth generated by soaring oil and gas prices, the Kremlin has intimidated its former satellites in Eastern Europe, while treating most of America’s North American Treaty Organization allies as if they too could be pushed around.
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Syria acquiring Russian rockets at ‘furious’ pace

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2008 | 1 comment 
Published in Israel, Middle East, Missiles, Russia, Syria,

Security official: ‘It’s like a return to the Cold War’
Syria, aided by Russia and Iran, in recent months has been furiously acquiring rockets and missiles, including projectiles capable of hitting the entire state of Israel, according to Jordanian and Israeli security officials speaking to WND.
A Jordanian security official said one of the main reasons Damascus [...]

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Putin’s Russia, Armed With Oil, Menaces West in `New Cold War’

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2008 | 1 comment 
Published in Russia,

The big question about Russia these days is whether her domestic backsliding and international obstreperousness are transitional or terminal: Is this a bend in the road to democracy or journey’s end?
Edward Lucas, an Economist correspondent who specializes in Russia, gives a pessimistic answer in his book, “The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both [...]

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The Cold War Never Ended

Posted by Matt in February 1st, 2008 | no comment 
Published in New Cold War, Russia,

The cleverly titled Wall Street Journal column, “Gazprom Drills Deeper Into Europe,” explains how the Russian energy giant (Gazprom) is invading Western retail energy markets. While Russian bombers and warships conduct war exercises in the Atlantic, the real 2008 Russian Winter Offensive is along economic lines. Not only has Russia protected itself financially, with bolstered [...]

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Is a Cold War between the East and the West on the verge of repeating itself?

Posted by Matt in January 30th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in New Cold War, Russia, West,

A Debate:
Yes, The Cold War is on the verge of repeating itself but with a slight difference. Where the last Cold War was primarily caused by an arms race, territorial fears and differences in ideology we now stand on the brink of a Cold War caused by an energy race…
No. A simple answer that hides [...]

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A Cold War redux is seen on the horizon

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in New Cold War, Russia, U.S.,

Though the U.S. plays down tensions, some observers say Russia sees advantages to being an enemy.
Growing friction between the United States and Russia over Iran is only part of an increasingly difficult relationship that many diplomats and experts consider to be in its worst shape since the end of the Cold War, and at risk [...]

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Putin: the brutal despot who is dragging the West into a new Cold War

Posted by Matt in January 19th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Russia, West, ,

Many at home and abroad hoped that a few years of heavy-handed rule by sinister strongmen would be the price of freedom and security.
They were wrong. The costs of Putin’s KGB putsch have been colossal. Russia today is the epitome of bullying and crookedness.
The independent media have shrivelled, with television in particular coming almost completely [...]

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