The U.S. Ambassador labored to get Congress to ratify a trade treaty that would grant “favored nation” status to Russia. Washington’s leading newspaper harshly criticized Russia for human rights violations. Russia’s secret police were reading all the Ambassador’s mail. The Czar was convinced that Washington was fomenting democracy rebellions inside his empire. Sound like last […]
Back to the Future: 2012 US-Russia Relations Echo 1832
Posted November 24th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC+0)
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Judge a regime by its heroes: Moscow — 1962, Moscow 2012
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 9:08 pm (UTC+0)
For Moscow of 1962 – it was Yuri Gagarin. With his wide, easy grin, Gagarin was an internationally renowned poster boy for Soviet science – first man in space! – and for Soviet health care – great teeth! From East to West, from First World to Third, the Soviet regime put forward Gagarin as a […]
Reset the Reset: Can Russia’s Putin Make Deals With Obama II?
Posted November 12th, 2012 at 8:42 pm (UTC+0)
The reset jet no longer flies to Moscow. In March of 2009, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton, then a brand new secretary of state, jointly pushed a “reset” button, signaling an end to the acrimony of the George W. Bush years. In that same month, United Airlines inaugurated direct jet service between […]
New Kremlin Headache: Democracy is Alive in Ukraine and Georgia
Posted November 3rd, 2012 at 12:09 pm (UTC+0)
Vladimir Putin is suffering back pains and is cancelling foreign trips and his annual November press conference marathon. He may also be suffering from a foreign policy migraine: multi-party democracy is alive and well in the most unexpected of places: Russia’s neighboring southern republics — Georgia and Ukraine. The key to democracy is decision by […]
