Ahead of her meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised a rather unique possible solution for the controversial missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Russia, she insisted, might have the opportunity for "joint...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for NATO to make "a fresh start" with Russia, saying the alliance "must find ways to work constructively with Russia where we share areas of common interest, including helping the people of Afghanistan." Secretary Clinton says...
The reports yesterday that the Obama Administration has offered to abandon the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe in return for Russian help in diplomatic measures against the Iranian government were publicly responded to by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
Russian newspapers are reporting this evening that President Barack Obama has offered to abandon America's controversial missile defense shield program in Eastern Europe in return for Russian help in stopping Iran's civilian nuclear program. Such a move had been...
Behind schedule and over-budget, the Bush Administration's missile defense shield in Eastern Europe was a source of tension with Russia and a multi-billion dollar black hole. It is unsurprising, then, that President Obama was so non-committal about following through...
While the United States has continued to express hope that it would retain its base outside of Bishkek, the government of Kyrgyzstan has reiterated that their decision to oust the US from the base is final, and that there are no discussions on them keeping the base....
At a press conference today in Moscow, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced that the decision has been made to close a US military air base in the country. The two nations had been in negotiations over the amount paid by the US to use the base, and Bakiyev...
In a significant effort to repair the strained relationship between them and the United States, the Russian government has announced that it will abandon its threatened deployment of Iskander missiles to the exclave of Kaliningrad. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir...
Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh says that his government has agreed in principle to allow Russia to create a naval base at their Black Sea port at Ochamchira. The construction of the base is expected to begin sometime later this year. The move will likely shore up the...
The Khyber Pass closed briefly again yesterday after a grenade attack on a Pakistani army camp, just the latest in a long string of closings which have threatened NATO's ability to use the route, through which roughly three quarters of all supplies for the war in...
