There have been reports now for weeks that the US and Russia are close to an agreement in Syria that would give the Kremlin what they have been dreaming of–joint operations with the United States in combatting the Islamic State in the Middle East. This type of deal would place…
Opinion: Twenty-Five Years Since The Fall Of The Last Russian Empire And Year Zero Of Its Rebirth.
Russia has made a renewed push for control of the arctic in its push for natural resources and strategic positioning. Russia has also filed a claim at the United Nations for a large part of the region. The claim has yet to be adjudicated. The Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg…