US-Russia Relations
The New START, its positives, and the imponderables
The durability of the New START will depend largely on how both sides value it as a means towards disarmament rather than for strategic competition.
New START and the Obama Administration: Hurdles Still Ahead
With the Senate Committee on Foreign Relatons agreeing on September 16 to send the New START to the full Senate for ratification, the prospects of realising the potential of the Obama administration’s signal foreign policy achievement seem to have improved considerably.
Wikileaked Warlogs: Will whistle-blowing change Af-Pak reality?
While the US may continue to keep its contacts with the Pakistani army and its political leadership and strengthen its presence in Pakistan, can it contain the tide of Islamic radicalism prospering within Pakistan?
Renaissance of Russia’s Foreign Policy in 2009
Russia has considerably enhanced its international position by leveraging Western weaknesses stemming from the unwinnable war in Afghanistan and the adverse impact of the financial crisis, as well as Western dependence in dealing with Iran and North Korea.
Missing: An Obama Foreign Policy
Obama has crafted an administration that has a Clinton brain inside an Obama face. Clinton I lost Russia for the West. Clinton II aka Obama I is on track to lose India.
Georgian Crisis will have adverse impact on Russia’s relations with the West
Russian military operations in Georgia and the finalisation of agreement between the US and Poland on the stationing of missile interceptors in Poland are two developments that are likely to have far-
