Tag: international relations
member name: Sean Paul Kelley
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November 06, 2008 05:25 AM EST --
I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the Georgian war earlier this year and what it means for Russia's future as a great power. Now, it's undeniable that Russia has a massive nuclear . . .
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August 11, 2008 04:38 AM EDT --
I remember the conversation so clearly, as if it happened yesterday. I was meeting with Alex Rondeli, a tall, smart, well-connected Georgian involved in the formation of the country's foreign . . .
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August 14, 2008 12:17 AM EDT --
Ian has a post everyone should read. Also, as a reminder, give this show Ian and I did with noted Russia specialist Anatol Lieven, where we discuss at length Russia and the Ukraine and NATO a listen. . . .
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August 23, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
I'm inclined to extend this analogy a little further when it comes to the US versus the Russians in strategic terms: it's more like chess players versus checkers players. But still, this graf . . .
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December 30, 2008 08:00 AM EST --
It must be said. What is happening in Gaza is an atrocity. 300 for 1 is simply not acceptable. It is reprehensible. It is barbarism. Plain and simple.
And of course, the Israel Lobby will continue . . .
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June 16, 2006 12:28 AM EDT --
The way that Japanese and American interests are practically identical has been an endless spell of captivation, at least to me. And then along came Dafna Linzer and Anthony Faiola to break the spell. . . .
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November 10, 2008 03:31 AM EST --
My first post is up over at The Young Turks' website. It's pretty much a boiler-plate introduction and there's no info about me over there you don't already know. But I'll be doing . . .
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August 12, 2008 06:14 AM EDT --
The BBC is reporting that Russia has called an end to its operations inside Georgia:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia, the Kremlin . . .
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August 17, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
I'm not one to quote Maureen Dowd, but when she nails it, she nails it:
[W]ith this country’s military and moral force so depleted, the Bushies can hardly tell Russia to stop doing what they . . .
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June 20, 2006 02:08 AM EDT --
This backgrounder on China from CFR asks some pretty damn good questions about the state of Sino-American relations and the role of China in the world. One of the most important questions in determining . . .
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July 02, 2006 01:38 PM EDT --
It's a question I get asked a lot from people who are upset with me when I criticize this president for his massive and multiple failures leading up to and in the execution of the American-Iraqi War. . . .
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July 21, 2008 09:08 AM EDT --
If you didn't get a chance to listen live, or don't get Air America in your town you can listen in at the Young Turks site. The segment was on the recent post I wrote here about Iran and . . .
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August 19, 2008 01:21 AM EDT --
Have the leaders of the West lost their collective minds? Seriously, after reading this I am beginning to think so:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday assured Georgia would join NATO as . . .
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August 25, 2008 04:40 AM EDT --
As I have written elsewhere, I don't really care who started the fight in Caucasus a few weeks ago, only that we pay attention to the signal that the Russians were trying to send by going into Georgia . . .
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September 28, 2008 05:53 AM EDT --
It wouldn't surprise me if the US, via a Saudi cutout, were behind this:
Russia thought it had tamed the Muslim regions on its southern flank when it quelled a rebellion in Chechnya, but trouble . . .
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October 25, 2008 02:30 AM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago I posted about young Americans abroad. One commenter said that some young Americans abroad "do get it," and followed it up by posting this link. I have no interest . . .
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December 03, 2008 04:33 AM EST --
Well, now I have another dilemma: India and Pakistan. Before the attacks on Mumbai I was alright with traveling in India and Pakistan. But now as things look, I'm rethinking the idea. Here's . . .
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June 20, 2006 10:07 PM EDT --
It really is sad when life imitates "Team America: World Police." But it is. Kim Jong-il has distracted us all. From the CFR, to "Condi Rice's stenographer of choice" at the New . . .
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July 18, 2008 06:18 AM EDT --
Like Hannes, I am simply blown away by this news. I really don't know what to say, the turnabout is so huge, so significant. It's almost a Nixon-goes-to-China moment. (For reasons . . .
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July 19, 2008 12:32 AM EDT --
Several bloggers have taken to the meme that Richard Burns is to play the role of spoiler in Europe's negotiations with Iran. I think they are wrong. (Lots of commenters too in this post . . .
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