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U.S. / Russian Relations – Bad to Worse?

Last week (at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy) Russian President Vladimir Putin rolled up his sleeves and gave his apparently honest opinion of the United States’ hegemonic ambitions and flawed foreign policy actions which, Putin suggests, have undermined world stability and encouraged nuclear proliferation.

U.S. Secretary of Defense – Robert Gates – tried to [...]

Putin Makes it Official | Russia Wants Allies to Fight U.S. Global Imperialism

Last Wednesday (February 7th 2007) I took a flippant, and one might even suggest ’sarcastic’ tone as I attempted compare and contrast the full-blown bravado of the prior year ‘Munich Conference on Security Policy‘ to that of the upcoming annual event.
Despite my furious attempts to exaggerate or emphasize some of the more preposterous statements made [...]

The Great Satan, NATO, and Putin’s Hypocrisy

As we all know – annual conferences are a great venue for peacock pride, barrel-chested bravado, and well-worn speeches full of optimism and strategy yet hollow on truth and outcome.
The annual Munich Conference on Security Policy is this and so much more. The conference, in its 43rd year, invites “the international security community – ministers, [...]

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