World-News

The Nation
by Bob Dreyfuss

11/18/13

One of the byproducts of recent events in the Middle East is the return of Russia to a prominent role across the region. Not that Russia ever left, but it has been a principal goal of successive US administrations to push first the Soviet Union and then Russia back. In the 1950s and 1960s that took the form of a series of political and military alliances, including NATO (which included Turkey) and the Baghdad Pact and CENTO (including variously Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan)...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/177239/russia-middle-east


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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A staggering 35 percent of household wealth in Russia is owned by just 110 people, the highest level of inequality in the world barring a few small Caribbean islands, a report by a major investment bank says.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/report-110-people-35-pct-russias-wealth-20515906


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/10/07-0

Wendell Berry on His Hopes for Humanity
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/10/07



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Peter Scholl-Latour über das Verhältnis Russland-USA nach dem Asyl für Snowden, die Fehler, die gegenüber Russland begangen wurden, und die Entwicklungen in Ägypten und Syrien.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39641/1.html



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The Secretary of the Security Council of Russia has provided his views on a number of national security issues, including the importance of preserving Russia s nuclear arsenal against potential adversaries.

http://rt.com/politics/patrushev-nuclear-weapon-security-267/


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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a strong warning Wednesday against inciting violent regime change in the Middle East, an apparent rebuke to Western calls for an end to Syrian President Bashar Assad s rule.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4286003,00.html



Putin blames West for global chaos

The Russian leader did not hesitate to name who is responsible for sowing the seeds of disorder that is gripping many parts of the world, including in Syria.

http://is.gd/D5HuXR



What If There s Real Change in the Middle East?

By Stephen M. Walt

Instead of just new regimes, might we even see the emergence of new states and different borders? And if so, at what cost and with what long-term consequences?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32713.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Reuters

''At some point such actions which undermine state sovereignty may lead to a full-scale regional war, even, although I do not want to frighten anyone, with the use of nuclear weapons,'' Medvedev said. ''Everyone should bear this in mind.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31362.htm



Joseph Lieberman Says US To Topple Syrian Regime

In an article the Washington Post published on Friday, the US Senator Joseph Liebrman wrote that the [Syrian President Bashar] al-Assad regime should be toppled by any means possible, be it foreign intervention or even ''airstrikes''.

http://bit.ly/Lfjgib



Regime Change: U.S. tells G8 Syria s Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

U.S. President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said on Saturday.

http://cour.at/MvLOJN


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By RT

Russia has concerns that the ultimate aim of America s global ABM shield in the works is the gradual depreciation of Russia s nuclear arsenal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31234.htm

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Russia warns of pre-emptive strike against NATO missile defences
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket-1/russia-warns-of-pre-emptive-strike-against-nato-missile-defences-.html

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NATO: A Twenty-First Century Failure
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-0



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By Sean Stone

It is no wonder that Russian Prime Minister Putin has called the Anglo-American policy in the Middle East a 'cult of violence.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30804.htm



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