The most important element of the book, in my view, consists of the results of a survey which compared political opinions with personality types.
Alexey Kovalev: NYT should have acknowledged work of Russian journalists in Pulitzer-winning reports
On May 4, 2020, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced the latest winners of the most coveted award in journalism…
Norwegian Coast Guard ship makes port call to Arkhangels
It is not very often nowadays you see a grey-colored ship from a NATO country sailing into a Russian port.
Geoffrey Roberts: 75 years on let’s hope the Covid-19 crisis re-energises global efforts to avoid war
Maybe we can hope the current emergency will re-energise efforts to achieve a multi-lateral approach to global challenges without the necessity for war.
George Beebe: We’re More at Risk of Nuclear War With Russia Than We Think
U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle need to start addressing the danger.
Stephen F. Cohen: Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia
In light of the news that the DoJ has dropped its case against Michael Flynn, we are reposting this from Professor Stephen F. Cohen from December, 2017. As Cohen noted then, “Flynn’s discussions with the Russian ambassador – as well as other Trump representatives’ efforts to open “back-channel” communications with Moscow – were anything but a crime.”
Amb. Jon Huntsman: America Needs Dialogue With Moscow
Sanctions have their place, but some of them are undermining trust without serving their purpose.
Zack Brown: Masks Over Missiles: New Rules for Pentagon Funding Could Mean No New ICBMs
Representative Ro Khanna recently laid down some new rules for the Pentagon budget: High on his list of possible cuts are the massive increases for new nuclear weapons proposed by President Donald Trump, including a freeze on the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
E. Martin Schotz, MD: The Logic of the Nuclear Age and the Illogic of US Nuclear Weapons Policy
Let us begin by examining two moments from the media in the past year. The first occurred on NPR radio program during a segment exploring under what conditions the United States might launch nuclear weapons. At one point the host exclaimed, “Well, we wouldn’t want to blow up the world, if we didn’t have a good reason to so so.” Put a check by that comment. We will come back to it. The second moment was a question a reporter put to Senator Bernie Sanders as to whether he would be willing to push the nuclear button. The sense of the question was that to be qualified to be President of the United States you had to be willing to “push the button.” [Read more…] about E. Martin Schotz, MD: The Logic of the Nuclear Age and the Illogic of US Nuclear Weapons Policy
Daniel Larison: New START And The China Diversion
New START has a little over eight months left to live…
Michael Tracey: Wait, what aid are we actually sending to Ukraine?
‘Aid’ is a strangely euphemistic term to describe high-powered anti-tank missiles, grenade launchers, and sniper rifles
Anatoly Antonov and Rose Gottemoeller: Keeping Peace in the Nuclear Age
Why Washington and Moscow Must Extend the New START Treaty.
James Bovard: Idiocy or Perfidy? How We Get Hooked on Foreign Democracy Crusades
Ted Carpenter’s new book raises important questions about who is wagging who.
Arms Control Association: Future of Open Skies Remains Bleak
The United States could officially submit its intent to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty by the end of September, despite strong support for the treaty in Congress and from allies and former U.S. officials.
Russian FM Lavrov’s Speech At UNGA: Western Countries Seek To Impede Development Of Polycentric World
On September 27, 2019, in his speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the West of not wanting to accept the “weakening” of its centuries-long dominance of world affairs. The leading Western countries, he said, are trying to impede the development of a “polycentric world,” to regain their privileged positions, and to impose standards of conduct based “on the narrow Western interpretation of liberalism.”
Russia Slams NYT for ‘Russophobia’ Following Pulitzer Prize Win
“[T]he winners did not put a single link to the English version of our article,” Roman Badanin wrote on Facebook, singling out its March 14, 2019, deep dive into Putin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin’s activities in Madagascar.
VIDEO: Stephen F. Cohen weighs in on the origins of ‘Russia gate.’
Impeachment push based on the idea that getting dirt from overseas is corrupt, evil
Pulitzer Prize winning ‘New York Times’ articles criticized for repeating Russian journalists’ findings
Roman Badanin, the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian outlet Proekt, said that two of the award-winning investigations “repeat the findings [Proekt’s] articles published a few months before.”
Stephen F. Cohen: Unasked Questions about US-Ukrainian Relations
We need to know fully the origins of Russiagate, arguably the worst presidential scandal in American history, and if Ukrainian authorities can contribute to that understanding, they should be encouraged to do so. As I’ve argued repeatedly, fervent anti-Trumpers must decide whether they loathe him more than they care about American and international security.
Dimitri A. Simes: Will Russia Be the Real Loser in the New U.S.-China Cold War?
Although Moscow has previously benefited from increased tensions between Washington and Beijing, recent developments threaten to go too far.