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Continue reading...The Americans: The Marriage Plot against America
Eliot Borenstein
Why We Must Return to the US-Russian Parity Principle
Stephen F. Cohen
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...The Eye of Sauron over Moscow, or, Revenge of the Orcs
Eliot Borenstein
Why Conspiracy Theories Take Hold in Russia
Eliot Borenstein
All it takes is an hour or two of Russian state television to learn that someone is plotting against Russia. Watch for a few more hours, and you’ll find that everyone is plotting against Russia. Watch for a few more days, and the truth comes out: Russia is plotting against Russia.
Continue reading...Cold War Again: Who’s Responsible?
Stephen F. Cohen
The 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...Meanwhile, Back in “The Americans”…
Eliot Borenstein
This is Cold War paranoia packaged for viewers who are secure in the knowledge that the two superpowers will definitely not blow each other up, and that nothing Felicity does for her Soviet masters can turn “morning in America” into a prelude to nuclear winter.
Continue reading...How Obama can avert another Cold War
Stephen F. Cohen
America’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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