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Russia, India and China ready for conventional warfare

The status quo in Washington is that conventional warfare is long-obsolete, but these three nations don’t agree.
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Russia, U.S. want North Korea nuclear talks

A construction site for a nuclear facility in North Korea. Google Satellite Image posted by Podknox
Russia and the U.S. are pushing for another round of six-party talks over North Korea’s nuclear program, Xinhua reports.
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Russian relations with NATO continue to deteriorate

Russia expelled NATO’s diplomats to Russia in response to NATO expelling two Russian envoys at a conference in Brussels, The Times Online reports.
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Russia takes control of Georgia’s border regions

Russia moved military units into the disputed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Thursday.
Moscow says it is responding to NATO’s military exercises set for May 6 in Georgia. The Russian government considers this a challenge from the West. Asserting its position reminds NATO that Georgia is within the Russian sphere of [...]

Russian relations improving?

Next to talk of Iran, Cuba, and Somalian pirates, Russia seems far away. But the U.S.’s former sworn enemy is a key player in international relations, and the new administration has to decide how closely it wants to work with Moscow. A foreign policy report by Stefan Wagstyl of the Financial Times examines [...]

Obama’s change in foreign policy begs many questions

The new administration’s actions in these early months will reset the tone for international relations.  While the economic crisis is the first order of business for Obama, the world is waiting to see what kind of diplomatic relationships his administration will forge.
Many questions begged to be answered.
Obama wants to end the war in Iraq, but [...]