Posted by seumasach on July 15, 2016
TTIP is dead and Britain no longer has the role of drawing Europe into the US orbit. Brexit is proving great facilitator for the wider Obama agenda of detente with Russia and a global reset.
14th July, 2016
The Obama administration has begun preliminary discussions with senior UK officials about how they might pursue a trade agreement between the two countries following Britain’s exit from the EU, according to Washington’s top trade official.
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Posted by seumasach on March 10, 2016
M.K.Bhadrakumar
The government’s Pakistan policy is highly accident prone, and, therefore, let me strike when the iron is still hot. But what needs to sink in is that slowly, steadily, a meaningful engagement between Delhi and Islamabad seems to be getting under way.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2016
M.K.Bhadrakumar
14th January, 2016
The US President Barack Obama sprang a New Year surprise on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by telephoning him Wednesday night. It was a double surprise since the Russian New Year Holiday Week is ending on Thursday, January 14, and Obama rarely makes such gestures; and, secondly, the call signified a virtual U-turn just a day after the US president had made some unfriendly remarks about the Kremlin’s policies and caricatured Russia as undermining the international system.
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Posted by seumasach on December 16, 2015
16th December, 2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry made public statements in Moscow where he announced that Washington has abandoned its isolation of Russia, according to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2015
11th November, 2015
The paradox of the current global crisis is that for the last five years, all relatively responsible and independent nations have made tremendous efforts to save the United States from the financial, economic, military, and political disaster that looms ahead. And this is all despite Washington’s equally systematic moves to destabilize the world order, rightly known as the Pax Americana.
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Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2015
8th November, 2015
The historic meeting between the leaders of Mainland China and Taiwan is the first ever of its kind. All previous meetings were between leaders of the two parties, the Communists of the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalists of the KMT.
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Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2015
9th November, 2015
My good friend, a university mathematics professor and keen observer of Taiwan politics, pointed out to me that by virtue of the Xi-Ma historic summit having taken place, the goal posts of Taiwan’s status quo has already moved a step farther from independence.
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2015
Russia is falling over backwards to provide cover for Western retreat in Syria. They are even prepared to include any people calling themselves the “Free Syrian Army” the Americans can come up with to join talks. Why not?
M.K.Bhadrakumar
26th October, 2015
Three weeks and 5 days into the Russian military operations in Syria, Moscow has achieved the objective of compelling the major external players involved to rethink their established stance on the crisis. Unsurprisingly, new fault lines have appeared in Middle East politics. Last week witnessed a surge diplomatic activity to cope with the new fault lines.
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Posted by seumasach on October 13, 2015
This is significant and timely reassessment of Obama by Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts
12th October, 2015
Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge and others are misinterpreting Steve Kroft’s interview with President Obama. They see weakness and confusion in Obama’s responses and conclude that Kroft shredded Obama.
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Posted by seumasach on October 10, 2015
This is a timely moment to recall Putin’s statement to the Arab League back in March
29th March, 2015
Vladimir Putin has said Russia will fight for an independent Palestinian state, and called for the issues of the Middle East to be resolved through peaceful means.
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Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2015
M.K.Bhadrakumar
6th October, 2015
Turkey has voiced strong opposition to the Russian military intervention in Syria. How far will Turkey take this campaign?
Posted in Global peace process, Multipolar world, Syria | Tagged: East-West alliance against ISIL, Obama's realist turn, Russian diplomacy | 1 Comment »
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