Radio host John Catsimatidis talks to NYU and Princeton Professor Emeritus Stephen F. Cohen about the meeting of presidents Trump and Putin on Friday and the various controversies surrounding US-Russia relations.
No Peace in Syria Without Working With Russia
There can be no peace in Syria without Russia. Alongside Iran, Russia has been the most loyal and steadfast supporter of the Assad regime. No American or other initiative will succeed if the Russian bear is ignored or snubbed. All other options have failed.
The Syrian Test of Trump-Putin Accord (Ray McGovern)
The U.S. mainstream media remains obsessed over Russia’s alleged “meddling” in last fall’s election, but the real test of bilateral cooperation may come on the cease-fire in Syria, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
What if Ukraine’s reforms don’t work?
September 10-12 saw the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference, an annual gathering put on by Ukraianian tycoon Viktor Pinchuk. In the past this conference was held in the Livadia palace in Crimea, site of the infamous Yalta conference, but in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of that territory it has been “temporarily” moved to Kyiv.
Putin – Trump meeting in Hamburg: what paradigm for development of US-Russian relations should we look for? (Gilbert Doctorow)
We do not have today an ideological divide driving the competition of these two powers, but we do have heightened and currently malicious or malignant competitiveness that can run amok. The objective is to agree on national interests of the sides, a polite way of saying the unspeakable in American politics, “spheres of influence.”
Obama’s Fateful Syrian Choice
Exclusive: President Obama faces a choice that could define his legacy and the future of the American Republic: He can either work with Russia’s President Putin to stabilize Syria or he can opt for a confrontation that could lead to an open-ended war with grave risks of escalation, writes Robert Parry.
VIDEO: Now Is the Time for Trump and Putin to Negotiate, Not Escalate Tensions (Katrina vanden Heuvel)
Katrina vanden Heuvel talks with Democracy Now!
OSCE warns of breakdown of central heating in east Ukraine
The Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe is raising the alarm about a potential breakdown of central heating systems across war-torn eastern Ukraine.
A military conflict there has killed over 8,000 people and damaged crucial infrastructure including water works.
VIDEO: Stephen F. Cohen Talks With CNN’S John Berman
NYU and Princeton Professor Emeritus Stephen F. Cohen discusses Friday’s Trump-Putin meeting in Hamburg.
Latest sanctions and censorship measures by Kyiv target journalists and more Russian citizens and entities
On September 16, President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree naming 388 foreign persons who are banned from travel to Ukraine. The published list of banned persons was compiled by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. They are deemed to be threats to the interests and national security of Ukraine.
The Trump-Putin Meeting: No More than Baby Steps (Nikolas Gvosdev)
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were scheduled to meet for only about thirty minutes, but they remained closeted together for over two hours today on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the first face-to-face meeting of the two presidents,
Putin becomes a political punching bag in White House race
Every good story needs a villain and in Vladimir Putin, candidates in the 2016 White House race have found the perfect foil.
The Russian President — with his expansionist worldview, Cold War-style mindset, KGB roots, tough-guy stunts and implacable anti-Americanism — makes the quintessential campaign trail scoundrel.
A Fateful Encounter: On The Meeting Between Presidents Trump and Putin (James Carden)
The new Cold War is being played out on at least four fronts, each with the potential—the nuclear age being what it is—to turn catastrophic.
If Vladimir Putin had Done This, There’d Have Been More Fuss
The many gullible (or just crudely and ignorantly anti-Russia) journalists and politicians who sided with the Kiev putsch of February 2014 really ought to be more interested in the latest news from Ukraine.
The supposedly heroic new President of the supposedly free and uncorrupt and generally wonderful new Ukraine, the oligarch who doesn’t like being called an oligarch, Petro Poroshenko, has announced a ban on lots of journalists (and indeed other individuals).
Sunday Special: STEPHEN F. COHEN ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH TUCKER CARLSON
Princeton and NYU Professor Emeritus Stephen F. Cohen talks to Tucker Carlson about Friday’s meeting between presidents Trump and Putin.
Pentagon Takes a Back Seat to State Department on Russia
This year, as Russian cargo planes began flying military gear into Syria, Defense Secretary Ash Carter was in St. Louis, touring a plant of defense-contracting giant Boeing Co.
The shift in styles means the Pentagon has taken a back seat to Secretary of State John Kerry in shaping relations with Russia—forgoing an important connection that in the past has been used to defuse tensions or express American discontent.
Debate: Is Putin a Threat to Democracy? (Jeffrey Taylor and Bill Curry)
Atlantic Magazine contributing editor Jeffrey Tayler and former White House Clinton counselor Bill Curry debate the proposition that demonizing Putin is justified…
EU splits in Russian media war New EU task force hobbled by low funding, lack of political support
Even as the EU mobilizes to fight Russian propaganda, European governments are fighting each other over the best way to go about it.
A new effort by Brussels to monitor and respond to the perceived bias of Kremlin-controlled media such as Russia 24 or Sputnik has exposed familiar fissures on the Continent.
Gorbachev urges Trump and Putin to ‘rebuild trust’
The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Thursday urged Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to restore trust between the United States and Russia a day ahead of their first meeting in Hamburg.
Putin Tightens Reins on Ukraine Rebels, Putting Conflict on Ice
Ukrainian separatist leaders say their hopes of full integration with Russia or greater independence are fading as the Kremlin tightens the reins on their rebellion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears unwilling to risk broadening his conflict with the U.S. and European Union over Ukraine, senior separatist officials said in interviews this month, meaning the rebel regions’ future is more likely to resemble Transnistria, the Russian-backed breakaway area of Moldova, whose fate is still unresolved more than two decades after fighting subsided.