THE TOP MILITARY commander for operations in Europe said Monday the U.S. is considering providing additional lethal aid to Ukraine to deter future Russian naval aggression akin to the recent crisis in the Kerch Strait.
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CCI’S INVESTIGATIVE TRIP TO RUSSIA 2019
The dramatic and dangerous deterioration in relations between the U.S. and Russia demands that we all take unprecedented actions in 2019. It requires that citizens find unusual ways to educate and break through the mire of political actions and inaction to create new initiatives. CCI led the way in U.S.-USSR relations in the early 1980s before the term “citizen diplomacy” was coined. We are again searching for unparalleled ways for citizens to act.
AP: Putin warns new Russian weapons will target US if it deploys missiles to Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take just as little time to reach their targets.
Berkeley EVENT: Presentation and Book signing: Stephen Cohen & Katrina vanden Heuvel
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and The Nation Magazine present Stephen F. Cohen author of the newly released book, War With Russia? and Katrina vanden Heuvel (Publisher and Editor of The Nation Magazine) on What the New U.S.-Russian Cold War Means for American Politics. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich, Monday, February 25, 2019 First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA.
Los Angeles EVENT: LA World Affairs Council Hosts Stephen Cohen & Katrina vanden Heuvel
Join us Wednesday, February 27 for a discussion with Stephen Cohen, one of America’s most influential and controversial Russia experts, and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, on the new Cold War and how it has been exacerbated by both Washington and the US mainstream media. The discussion will be moderated by UCLA professor of political science and Russia expert Daniel Treisman.
Los Angeles EVENT: Loyola Marymount: The Doshi Family Bridge-builder Award
Honoring Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel, for their continued contributions to cross-cultural understanding and willingness to engage issues from new perspectives across a variety of media platforms. Award Ceremony and Discussion Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 | 7 p.m. Loyola Marymount, Roski Dining Room, University Hall.
Center for Public Integrity: Americans Overwhelmingly Support INF Treaty
American voters overwhelmingly reject the prospect of withdrawing from a 32-year-old arms-control accord with Russia that forbids either nation from fielding intermediate-range nuclear weapons, according to an in-depth University of Maryland survey scheduled for release today.
Walter Jones, congressman who worked to atone for his Iraq war vote, is dead at 76
Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., an Eastern North Carolina congressman who made it his mission to atone for his vote sending U.S. troops into Iraq in the early 2000s, died Sunday on his 76th birthday. Jones, like his father, served his district for nearly a quarter-century.
McClatchy: Rand Paul accuses McConnell and other senators of forming a ‘war caucus’
Sen. Rand Paul accused his Senate colleagues Monday of being warmongers and serving in a “war caucus” — as fellow Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell led a bid to protest the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
EVENT: War with Russia?: Stephen Cohen in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) present Stephen F. Cohen in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel this Thursday evening at Washington DC’s Busboys and Poets 14th St location. For more information, go to: https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-7849202/
AP: Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats
Democrats in Congress and some arms control advocates criticized Trump’s decision as opening the door to an arms race.
Japan Today: A-bomb survivors worried about U.S. plan to withdraw from arms pact
Atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed concern about the U.S. plans to withdraw from a 1987 bilateral nuclear arms control treaty it inked with Russia.
Mayors and parliamentarians call on Russia and the U.S. to preserve the INF Treaty
Mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society representatives from forty countries – mostly Europe and North America – yesterday sent an open letter, the Basel Appeal for Disarmament and Sustainable Security, to Presidents Putin and Trump and to the leaders of the Russian and US legislatures, calling on them to preserve the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty…
Global Zero: Nuclear Experts Endorse ‘No First Use’ Act
Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith (D-WA) and introduced the “No First Use Act,” a bill that would commit the United States to never use nuclear weapons first and drastically reduce the risk of nuclear conflict overall.
Physicians for Social Responsibility Applauds Warren and Smith’s ‘No First Use’ Legislation
Physicians for Social Responsibility applauds Representative Adam Smith and Senator Elizabeth Warren for their bold commitment to ensuring the health and safety of all families by establishing a U.S. policy of “No First Use” of nuclear weapons.
Philip Bump: That sophisticated, specific Russian 2016 voter targeting effort doesn’t seem to exist
Could the Russians have deployed sophisticated social media tracking tools to follow users across sites and determine where they were based, then tailor political messages to the broad groups or Twitter accounts they created? In theory, sure — but it seems like an awfully indirect way of targeting specific geographies,
EVENT: Stephen F. Cohen and Dan Rather in Conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel
On Wednesday, Jan 23, at 7:30 pm, iconic journalist Dan Rather and The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel will join historian Stephen F. Cohen, to discuss his new book, War with Russia? in which Cohen argues that America is in a new Cold War with Russia that’s even more dangerous than the one the world barely survived in the twentieth century. Visit 92Y.org or call 212.415.5500 for tickets.
Reuters: Putin tells Trump that Moscow is open for dialogue
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in a New Year letter on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a “wide-ranging agenda”, the Kremlin said following a series of failed attempts to hold a new summit.
Where Did This Bernie Go? (LA Times, April 28, 1985)
“A handful of people in this country are making decisions, whipping up Cold War hysteria, making us hate the Russians. We’re spending billions on military. Why can’t we take some of that money to pay for thousands of U.S. children to go to the Soviet Union,” asked newly elected Burlington mayor Bernie Sanders.
AP: Putin issues ominous warning on rising nuclear war threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, putting the blame squarely on the U.S., which he accused of irresponsibly pulling out of arms control treaties.