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Soviet President Vladimir Putin proposed using a former Soviet radar site in Azerbaijan as the warning mechanism to detect nuclear missiles launched by "rogue states."
Not content with bringing back Dark Age politics between the West and the Middle East, Pres. Bush sets his considerable talents for getting everything wrong on resurrecting the Cold War
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in reacting to NATO missile defenses in eastern Europe, revealed that the cold war is still very much on his mind. His actions and style do as well.
Putin's rhetoric against the U.S. has risen to a near fever pitch. Is this old fashioned Soviet paranoia? After all, Vladimir Putin is a product of the Soviet KGB at the highest point of the Cold War.
"I draw your attention and that of your readers to the fact that, for the first time in history -- and I want to emphasize this -- there are elements of the U.S. nuclear capability on the European continent."
We all thought that the Cold War ended when the Soviet Union disolved in 1991. But recent remarks by the Russian President Valdimir Putin has NATO command asking if the Cold War is hot again.
The United States wants to erect a missile defense system in nations that were once controlled from Moscow by the Soviet Union. This expressed intention caused Russian President Vladimir Putin to accuse the U.S. of "imperialism" and "starting a new arms race."
Olbermann is making a lot of waves with his thought about how Bush and Cheney are doing in office.
In times reminiscent of the Cold War, the world is experiencing a growing sense of tension; blamed widely on Americas insistence on policing the world.
Russia is attempting to regain control of its oil and gas production. Russia is now the number two producer in the world. With surging output, Russia will be able to spend more money to re-arm itself and reclaim super-power status.
Back in the 1990's - after the disintegration of the Soviet Union - if you were one of those optimistic Americans who thought the Cold War was over and the US had won; it's time for a reality check.
President Bush and Albanian Prime Minister Berisha held a joint press conference Sunday.subjects discussed at the conference were: Albania's aspirations for NATO membership,support for the U.S. war on terror,Albanian improvements, and Kosovo's independence
The Heritage Foundation has published a new web memo on new Russian presidential choice Dmitry Medvedev and probable prime minister Vladimir Putin.
Poland and the Czech Republic are working closely with the United States to build missile defense systems in their country. Russia is threatening them with Russian missiles if they make such an agreement with the United States.
In a speech delivered in Bulgaria, his final stop on an eight day tour of Europe in which he visited six different countries, Bush said that he hopes that the Russian leadership found his missile defense system analysis proposal "beneficial".
Missle defences in Poland to stop North Korea? Where is the logic?
There are some countries that are taking this threat with a grain of salt while others fear the worst.
It is time to bomb Iran. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Government has committed acts of war against the United States. Tehran is threatening more assaults on world peace with rhetoric not heard since the early days of Adolf Hitler.
Could this be the start of a major conflict between the U.S., Venezuela, Cuba, and Russia?
After fifteen years of introspection, economic and political struggle and despair, Russia appears to be rapidly reclaiming its lost strength - economic and political - and is expressing its renewed confidence as a powerful alternative to the United States in world affairs.
Much of the world has been at odds with Russia in the last few months. Now that the Olympics will be held there in 2014, some nations may not go.
Why President Vladimir Putin will reignite the Cold War, read on..
Having come to Kennebunkport Maine at George W. Bush's invitation to mend fences, Russian president Vladimir Putin made a new proposal concerning a missile-interception defense system that the U.S. wants placed in Eastern Europe.
Many have said President Bush was lying when he said Iraq contained weapons of mass destruction, and America had to be made safe from them. A new government report proves he was right all along.
During the most intense years of the cold war, the NIKE surface-to-air missile defense system was the front line of air defense from the USSR. Although the bases in San Francisco never saw action, they were an important deterrent of war.
Vladimir Putin is slowly gaining power. The United States has the regain a strategic standing to stand against him.
The G8 Summit is getting even more attention with the new series of announcements from Vladamir Putin.
A former advisor to Russian president Vladimar Putin describes evidence of fraud and law breaking in next week's parliamentary elections in Russia.
Relations are unsteady between President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, although they began their overnight visit at the Bush family's seaside summer home this Sunday.
During his first press conference of 2007, President Bush was asked a variety of tough questions from the media in attendance.
The Berlin wall fell and the Soviet Union fell apart, but is the cold war rearing its ugly head again?
The United States Senate voted 90-5 in favor of the concept that Iran is a viable threat to national and global security and that the United States and her allies should proceed with the development and deployment of a missile interceptor defense system.
There has only been talk about what the defense system means to Russia. We should be looking into what it means for Iran.
As Putin's official Presidential term of office nears its conclusion - with elections set for March of 2008 - it appears the pressures of diplomatic double-speak and the shackles of friendly innuendo have been released.
The BBC, the Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today and Al Jazeera covered the summit in Maine in slightly different ways.
How does history judge John Kerry?
The fifty year ideological and military showdown of the Cold War saw its share of potential flash points, crises in Berlin, Saigon and Kabul. However, at no other point did the nuclear outcome seem as likely as it did during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This paper analyzes the establishment of a democratic press in Russia from glasnost under Brezhnev in 1986 through the current presidency of Vladimir Putin.
Speaking from Prague, U.S. President Bush slammed Russia for what he calls a derailing of democracy in that nation.
Russia's growing power and influence require a new strategy that recognizes both Russian and American strengths and weaknesses.
In Munich, Germany a little while back it seems that President Vladimir Putin and the United States are at each other.
Will the group Other Russia be able to preserve democracy in a country historically led by the elite?
Putin is a Commie and would love nothing more than to see a re-birth of the Soviet Union, and the subsequent fall of the US.
A comparison between Bear's fictionalized colony of Mars and the newly emerging democracy in Russia.
Review of the controversial book Blowing Up Russia by Aleksandr Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky.
This paper examines how the media is run in Post Soviet Russia. Some of the aspects that it looks at is the history of Russian media and how it influences modern media, government influence on the media, and society's influence on the media.
Russia is growing by leaps and bounds and is right on the heels of growth phenom China. Now they are using their growth to attempt to enter the World Trade Organization.
It has been officially announced, Sochi, which is located in Russia, has won the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
"The facts are that American explorers staked an American claim to the North Pole in the early 1900s and U.S. nuclear submarines traveled below the Pole and broke the ice in the 1950s."
nopw that Rusdsia is no longer the USSR what is happening to reassert the nation as a world power
An emerging story whose status is not clearly defined, could be part of a number of recent references to a revival of Cold War tactics, or just a "robbery gone bad."
What? A new arms race with Russia? What has our cowboy president done now, I fumed. After all, the U.S. has a full basket of cherries with Iraq. We don't need to put whipped cream on the top.
Study of how Soviet foreign policy grew through economic cooperation with Iran from 1945-1979. Particular emphasis is shifted away from Cold War stances and upon nation to nation growth.
Russia Federation once saw great Czars that fostered art and science, defeated both Napoleon and Hitler's imperialistic ambitions, and stood toe to toe with the greatest superpower that the world has ever seen. Now, it faces a new enemy.
An overview of the New York Times' coverage of the unfolding Iran-Contra scandal in 1985 and 1986.
Sir Paul McCartney travels to Russia to play an historic concert in Moscow's Red Square. Unfortunately, the DVD that was supposed to bring the magic home to the rest of us fails miserably at catching the energy and magic of the moment.
The international media have made a rule regarding the Russia-Chechnya conflict
The Bush administration is promoting a win-win policy on missile defense
The U.S. missile defense facility in Eastern Europe is a source of contention as to its real purpose.
A mildly satirical look at the new Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin.
An Open letter to President Bush thanking him.
If President Bush wants more widespread support for privatization, he would be wise to incorporate distributive justice into his reform proposal.
President Bush paid his first visit to Mount Vernon this week, perhaps in response to Mount Vernon Executive Director James Rees's published charge that neither he nor President Clinton had done so.
President bush 's state of the union speech was filmed by many networking shows. All cameras captured the same image.
The Eagle Forum, a pro-family organization is urging President Bush to pardon US Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who are now serving 11- and 12-year long prison sentences for trying to stop an illegal drug smuggler near El Paso.
A recap of the year President Bush has had.
When I referred to him as Mr. Bush, he said "I'm just George." I had no idea I was meeting with a future Governor of Texas and United States President.
The Bush Administration continues to say that they support the troops, yet when it comes to dollars and cents, they abandon the troops again and again.
Republican Presidential candidate Sam Brownbeck, a United States Senator from Kansas, said Iran might one day attack America or Israel with a nuclear bomb. He said everything possible should be done to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
The United States can not and must not attack Iran, first off we are engaged in a brutal and bloody conflict with neighboring Iraq and another conflict with Iran's other neighbor Afghanistan.
President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met this weekend to discuss a number of important issues. The two talked about Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and global warming.
Russian president Vladimir Putin wants to outfit his dog with a GPS so that he will know exactly where his dog is at all times.
Any reasonable interpretation of the Constitution's impeachment clause leads to theconclusion that President Bush should be impeached for his high crimes against the United States.
From disregarding the Geneva Conventions to unwarranted wiretaps, President Bush has disregarded American citizens and people's constitutional rights
Two very recent developments between Iran and the United States have taken tensions up a notch or two, and you may or may not be surprised about who within the United States Senate has called for a military strike against Iran at the same time.
A docudrama of the assassination of President Bush is underway. Confusion and gossip about this docudrama is making politics a bit more interesting.
I enjoy the music of the band Bush much more than I enjoy anything that comes out of the mouth of our President Bush. Doesn't everyone?
Vladimir Putin inherited the shadow of a great World Power and helped restore its place in global politics.
The Republicans hated Bill Clinton so much that they took him through an impeachment process over sexual misconduct. With all that has come to pass regarding WMD in Iraq, a far greater case for impeachment can be made against Bush.
On Wednesday, Bush will announce plans to deploy 20,000 more troops to Baghdad and other areas in Iraq.
Saying, "It is time for (illegal aliens) to come out into the light," President Bush announced a sweeping proposal to end the immigration problem, "once and for all." His executive order has already been pre-approved.
We all have Christmas wish lists. What about Christmas need lists? Here's some gifts President Bush could use.
I contend that the historical record bears true the argument that Ronald Reagan played a major role in ending the Cold War. Reagan accomplished this by embarking on an ambitious program of political, economic, and rhetorical assault on the Soviet Union.
An analysis of the factors behind President Putin's win, and why the strongest contenders for the title such as Al Gore and J.K. Rowling lost.
Tracking your pets via satellite? Another useful technology, or another step towards the loss of privacy?
Speaking at the Munich Conference on Security Policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin was very critical of United States policy.
Article reguarding the intolerable decision to make Vladimir Putin man of the year.
The twenty-five years following World War II symbolize all the political institutions of an international warfare without the actual combat.
In a move that surprised some, Time Magazine named Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as Person of the Year for 2007.
Satirical account of George Bush's congratulations to Vladimir Putin for his victory.
An armchair philosopher's speculations on Russian ICBMs, and the Russian obsession with Lindsay Lohan.
The prisoner's dilemma is a decision making model that explains the pros and cons of cooperation and non-cooperation. Even the slightest mistrust can lead to one or both parties acting through fear of the other party's possible actions.
Bush said in an interview yesterday that war protestors are angry and want us to win quicker. He added that Osama bin Laden was right about something.
The Cold War (1945-1991) dominated international relations within a framework of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
A Russian journalist has had his computer seized from the Russian government because his books concerned Putin. But why?