Russian Patriarch Gives Blessing to Bombing Campaign in Syria
Orthodox Church head backs Moscow’s ‘defensive war’ in Syria, as activists slam Russia’s alleged use of cluster bombs. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How Russia Became ‘Mordor’ on Google
‘Automated bug’ behind online tool’s bogus translations rendering ‘Russians’ as ‘occupiers’ from the fictional Lord of the Rings evil empire. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
80 Russian Drivers ‘Frozen and Forsaken’
One motorist reportedly died of hyperthermia after being trapped on a highway near Orenburg for almost 16 hours after a snowstorm hit. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
US Probes Suspected Russian-Backed ‘BlackEnergy’ Attack on Ukraine
Malicious software BlackEnergy, said to have caused massive blackout in Ukraine last month was also used in a 2014 cyberattack on U.S. utilities. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poland’s Plans to Stick Washington with a Bigger NATO Bill
Doug Bandow Poland’s new nationalist government wants to make a deal with Great Britain: Help us get a NATO—meaning American—garrison, and we’ll agree to limit European migrant flows to Britain. British prime minister David Cameron visited Warsaw in December seeking support for his European Union reform plan, but returned only with a...
Coca Cola Accidentally Recognizes Crimea as Russia’s
Ukrainians take offence after soft drinks giant’s social media campaign depicts annexed peninsula as part of Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
What Are the Big Challenges Facing Europe?
04 January 2016 Dr Robin Niblett CMGDirector, Chatham House This will be another year of intense and complex foreign policy challenges. But it will also be a year of revelations. David Cameron spoke at Chatham House in November 2015, where he outlined the UKs demands in negotiations with Brussels ahead of an in-out referendum on the UK’s...
Russia’s Sovereign Globalization: Rise, Fall and Future
Project: Russia and Eurasia Programme, Promise and Realism in Relations With Russia, Russia’s Domestic Politics06 January 2016The failure of Russia’s experiment with sovereign globalization encourages pessimism about Russia’s prospects but optimism about globalization. Russian flag. Photo: bopav/iStock by Getty Images. Author:...
Kyiv Blames Blackout on Russian Hackers
Ukraine’s cyber-security response team confirms deliberate attack on the power grid caused last month’s power outage. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Where Obama won’t be going on his global farewell tour
As President Obama begins his final year in office, polls show that public confidence in his national security leadership has collapsed: Only 18 percent of Americans say the United States is winning the war on terror, and even a 59 percent majority of Democrats are dissatisfied with how Obama is prosecuting the fight against Islamic...
