Posts Tagged: Russian Foreign Policy
How Kremlin Coups Led to Democratic Revolutions
In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev was under pressure from the fundamentalist communist leaders of East Germany and Czechoslovakia to take action against the reform-minded leaders...
Russia’s Foreign Policy Is Strategic and Rooted in Soviet History
The grand analytical narratives of Russian foreign policy dating from the early 2000s draw radical and opposing conclusions. Some analysts warn that Russia is on...
Report: Russia Withdraws Military Personnel from Syria
The Hill - Russia has withdrawn all its military personnel from Syria amid escalating violence, Russian media report, avoiding any chance of Russian...
Former Israeli Defense Minister on S-300 Missiles: ‘Our Air Force Can Deal with Them’
The Weekly Standard - Former Israeli defense minister Moshe Arens said that he doubts Russia transferred missiles to Syria, but if it turns out...
Russia Denies Advanced Missiles Delivered to Syria, but Determined to Complete Transaction
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with his wife Asmaa in Moscow. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org - Russia has denied Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's reported announcement that he...
Russia: Playing a Losing Hand Like a Winner
History is back and so are the Russians. After an interregnum of twenty years, during which the communist Soviet Union was demolished and a crony...
Russian Foreign Minister: We Will Continue to Sell Aerial Defense Weapons to Syria
Ynet - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Thursday that Russia would remain committed to previously signed arms deal "regarding agreements pertaining to aerial defense...
Russia Sends a Dozen Warships to Naval Base Near Syria
Wall Street Journal - Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Syria, a buildup that...
Obama’s Seat on the Fence
NOTE: This article references a piece by Shimon Shapira that can be found at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs' website. The number of Syrians killed...
Biden to Meet Syrian Opposition Leader, Russian Foreign Minister
Al Arabiya - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will discuss the carnage in Syria in meetings on Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
