putin signs law on inf treaty suspension

Putin decided to halt Russia's in INF Treaty in mirrored response to U.S from the key arms-control pact signed by Soviet Union and United States in 1987.. Moscow and Washington have accused each other of violating the recent years amid increasing tensions.. ..

rumors of war: washington is looking for a fight

By bit into doctrine that featured as a, Having served in United States Army during Vietnam War and in Central Intelligence Agency for the half of Cold War, I had insider's viewpoint of how essentially pragmatic policy was being transformed bit sine qua non global dominance for Washington. ..

global empire or imperialism?

These three states form what Gilbert Achcar calls the strategic triad of the post- Cold War period.13 To keep Russia in check, Washington expanded NATO into Soviet bloc, intervened in Bosnian war, and went to war over Kosovo to assert that United States, and not Russia, held hegemony over..

cuban missile crisis

Attorney General Robert Kennedy (1925-68) personally delivered the message to the Soviet ambassador in Washington, and on October 28, the crisis drew to a close. . ..

nations still spy on one another

WASHINGTON -- Even Moscow is working at least as hard at stealing U.S military and industrial secrets as during Soviet, current and former intelligence officials say. ... There is Soviet tradition, said Dimitry Simes, scholar who studies Russia at Nixon Center for Peace and..

slavic republics unite, declare old union dead

December 9, 1991 | The Washington Post . MOSCOW -- The leaders of Russia, the Ukraine and Byelorussia formally announced the dissolution of the Soviet Union Sunday and said they had agreed to establish a ``Commonwealth of Independent States`` in its place. . ... In Washington,..

soviets, west germans edge closer on nato

West Germany, which already has granted sizable credits and other financial deals to Soviet Union has pressed West to emergency financial aid to Soviets.. Washington and London have said that pouring large amounts of money into Soviet economy at this time would not help the..

gorbachev may talk of trade, arms

Reagan and Bush met Monday in Washington to discuss their meeting with the Soviet general secretary. ... Embassy in Moscow, citing comments of a Soviet foreign trade official, has advised Washington in a cablegram to expect several new proposals aimed at lowering U.S...

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