Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1576
Russian navy: assertive in the Arctic;
Russian provocations fuel fears of war with Georgia
Russian navy: assertive in the Arctic;
Russian provocations fuel fears of war with Georgia
Give Nouri al-Maliki credit. Since assuming his post in May 2006, Iraq's embattled prime minister has been written off by more than a few observers as an agent of Iranian influence or a cat's paw of the US-led Coalition. However, since early this year, Al-Maliki has definitively proven that he is neither. In the process, he has moved his country considerably closer to lasting stability.
FSB fingered in Litvinenko murder;
Russia joins China to block Zimbabwe sanctions
Progress on the "
third site"
...;
...draws Russian ire...;
...amid doubts about timing;
Iran's missile tests...;
...and the campaign trail
BP feeling the squeeze in Russia;
Face to face: Bush and Medvedev meet