The harsh U.S. rhetoric denouncing Russian President Putin is having the adverse effect in Russia of strengthening hard-line “populists” in upcoming elections who think Putin’s ruling party is too soft on the U.S., reports Gilbert Doctorow.
Category: Obama Administration
Getting Fooled on Iraq, Libya, Now Russia
Al Qaeda’s Ties to US-Backed Syrian Rebels
Post-9/11’s Self-Inflicted Wounds
China and Russia Press Ahead, Together
The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing
Pushing NATO to Russia’s Southern Flank
North Korea’s Understandable Fears
Netanyahu’s Land-Grab Strategy
Behind the smokescreen of the broader Mideast chaos, Israel pursues a strategy of gobbling up Palestinian lands to establish de facto control of the West Bank while confining indigenous Arabs to isolated cantons, explains Alon Ben-Meir.