We are in a new Cold War with Russia today, and specifically over the Ukrainian confrontation, largely because Washington nullified the parity principle. Indeed, we know when, why, and how this happened.
Continue reading...Thomas Graham: US-Russia relations need new framework
Ilaria ParogniOn April 1, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Thomas Graham, managing director at Kissinger Associates, for a lecture titled “Rethinking US-Russian Relations.” During a brief introduction, Jordan Center Director Yanni Kotsonis described Graham, who has previously served as a Special Assistant to the President during the administration of George W. Bush, as “one of the sounder minds when it comes to Russian issues.”
Continue reading...The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities
Stephen F. CohenAmong the crucial questions rarely discussed in the US political-media establishment: What is the role of the “neo-fascist” factor in Kiev’s “anti-terrorist” ideology and military operations?
Continue reading...Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Stephen F. CohenNo modern precedent exists for the shameful complicity of the American political-media elite at this fateful turning point.
Continue reading...Cold War Again: Who’s Responsible?
Stephen F. CohenThe East-West confrontation over Ukraine, which led to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea but long predated it, is potentially the worst international crisis in more than fifty years—and the most fateful. A negotiated resolution is possible, but time may be running out.
Continue reading...Syria: The Alternative to War
Stephen F. CohenBy claiming for weeks that “doing nothing” is the only alternative to a “limited” military response to the Assad regime’s reported use of chemical weapons in Syria—plainly stated, an illegal American war against a nation that has not threatened the United States—the Obama administration has continued Washington’s post–Cold War disdain for diplomatic solutions to international crises.
Continue reading...How Obama can avert another Cold War
Stephen F. CohenAmerica’s New Cold War With Russia
Stephen F. CohenWith the full support of a feckless policy elite and an uncritical media establishment, Washington is slipping, if not plunging, into a new cold war with Moscow.
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