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Mitt Romney’s Commander in Chief Problem
For decades, Republican presidential candidates enjoyed a predictable advantage over Democrats on foreign policy. But not in 2012. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows President Barack Obama holding a steady 10-point lead …
The G8 Summit at Camp David: This Time, It’s Important
Not since the oil shocks that first brought the world’s superpowers together in 1974–back then they called themselves the “Library Group” because they met in the White House library–has the G8 had so much substantive …
Romney Hits Obama on Russia, But Misses a Chance to Go Nuclear
Mitt Romney continues his derision of Russia today with an op-ed today bashing Dmitry Medvedev–while also, naturally, accusing Barack Obama of going soft on our rivals. (“[A] sad replay of Jimmy Carter’s bungling at a moment when the United States needs the backbone and courage of a Ronald Reagan,” Romney writes.) Romney lists several …
Romney’s Well-Rehearsed Case Against Obama and the Russians
For months now, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has overwhelmingly focused on the economy. But as he geared up his candidacy a couple of years ago, Romney opened with an argument heavy on foreign policy. In March 2010, for …
Did Obama Sellout Britain To Russia On Sub Nukes? Nope, Says State Department
Conservative blogs and the British press are agog over a report in London’s Daily Telegraph that the U.S. provided certain information about the United Kingdom’s submarine-based nuclear missile stockpile to Russia as part of recent arms negotiations. Matt Drudge nearly blew a siren on the “Secret Deal” report, which includes no quotes …
The 8 Coolest Things About The Alleged Russian Spy Ring
A day after the Obama Administration arrested 10 people across the U.S. on charges of being Russian spies, the Russian Foreign Ministry has dismissed the roundup as “completely unfounded,” and alleged that the accusations have been made “in the spirit of cold war spy mania.” There is no doubt that the latter is true, though this does not …
After Cheeseburger Diplomacy, Cold War Intrigue
Just a few days after being buddy-buddy with the newly-Twittering Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Obama Administration has rolled up what the FBI alleges to be a nationwide network of Russian sleeper spies. Time to add the River Phoenix classic, Little Nikita, to your Netflix queue.
According to the criminal complaints, …
1,000 Words: Vladimir and Dmitry’s Excellent Adventure
TIME.com has a surreal photo essay on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s ski vacation together:
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It seems an appropriate time to resurrect The New Republic’s clever name for the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. It seems the Iranians are playing hardball on the nuclear negotiations.
What Remains Rotten In Russia
A week after visiting Russia, I am still haunted by the sort of subdermal creepiness of the place. I’m not sure what it was exactly–the Russian security man who rode in our press van to spy on our conversations, the total disinterest people on the street showed for the Presidential motorcade, the educated assumption of eavesdropping in …
