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Tag: Diplomacy & Conflict

Valerie Plame Wilson

Valerie Plame Wilson eviscerates Judy Miller for “pathetic, self-serving” op-ed

April 7th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

Dear Judy, No one is crediting you with starting the Iraq war. We know you were not actually on the team that took us into

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Obama briefed on negotiations with Iran

Thomas Friedman asks the President: What is the Obama Doctrine?

April 6th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

You asked about an Obama doctrine. The doctrine is: We will engage, but we preserve all our capabilities. — President Barack Obama, speaking to New

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Obama briefed on negotiations with Iran

President Obama comments on the international nuclear framework with Iran

April 2nd, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

President Obama comments on the international nuclear framework with Iran… From the White House: “Speaking from the Rose Garden, President Obama lays out the details of a historic framework with Iran that will prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

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Ret. General Eaton picks apart Tom Cotton over ‘mutinous’ Iran letter

March 14th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

What Senator Cotton did is a gross breach of discipline, and especially as a veteran of the Army, he should know better… I have no

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Iranian foreign minister schools Republicans: There’s this thing called international law…

March 9th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

The authors may not fully understand that in international law, governments represent the entirety of their respective states, are responsible for the conduct of foreign

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NATO says Russian soldiers are ‘dying in large numbers’ in Ukraine

March 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

NATO says Russian soldiers are ‘dying in large numbers’ in Ukraine A top leader for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization says Russia is increasingly having

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Russia’s Boris Nemtsov, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin, shot dead

February 27th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, World Community

Russia’s Boris Nemtsov, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin, shot dead An opposition leader to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been murdered while crossing a

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Vice President Joe Biden: Putin’s actions speak louder than his words

February 7th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve National Defense, World Community

Too many times President Putin has promised peace, and delivered tanks, troops, and weapons. So we will continue to provide Ukraine with security assistance, not

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North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to visit Russia

January 30th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to visit Russia North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and his entourage are supposedly set to pay a visit to the Russian

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Israeli ambassador to U.S. takes flak for acting like a political operative

January 29th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

He’s a political operative, he’s not really an ambassador… What he did was totally unacceptable from a standpoint of diplomacy. To think about going behind

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NATO’s Secretary General: Putin’s ‘foreign legion’ remarks are nonsense

January 26th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

The statement that there is a NATO legion in Ukraine is nonsense… There is no NATO legion, the foreign forces in Ukraine are Russian. —

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Central, South America loudly cheer restoration of relations with Cuba

December 19th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Central, South America loudly cheer restoration of relations with Cuba South and Central American elected officials who had as recently as a few days ago

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British Parliament recognizes Palestinian state in symbolic vote

October 13th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

I have to say to the government of Israel that if they are losing people like me, they will be losing a lot of people.

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Israeli government’s policies an incredibly divisive topic among Jews

September 22nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

Israeli government’s policies an incredibly divisive topic among Jews As Rosh Hashanah approaches, many North American rabbis are agonizing over how to talk about Israel.

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Putin intent on taking ‘all of Ukraine,’ Ukraine’s premier says

September 13th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

I clearly understand the final goal of Putin. He doesn’t want to take just Donetsk and Luhansk… He is trying to take all of Ukraine.

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France backs off sending Mistral warship to Russia in $1.7 billion deal

September 3rd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

France backs off sending Mistral warship to Russia in $1.7 billion deal The government of France announced today that it has decided to withhold delivery

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Putin to European Commission President: “I could take Kiev in two weeks”

September 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

If I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks. — Remark reportedly made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call with

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Russia bans food imports from Western democracies

August 7th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Russia bans food imports from Western democracies In an attempt to get back at the United States and the European Union over toughened sanctions, Vladimir

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Destroy Hamas? Something worse would follow, Pentagon intel chief says

July 26th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

If Hamas were destroyed and gone, we would probably end up with something much worse. The region would end up with something much worse. —

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Where is it safe for airlines to fly?

July 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Where is it safe for airlines to fly? Businessweek’s Justin Bachman discusses what airlines are doing to protect their passengers and aircraft in the wake

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Fight in Gaza has no clear winners, but one big loser

July 12th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Fight in Gaza has no clear winners, but one big loser The Washington Post’s London and Jerusalem bureau chiefs explain how the reignited conflict between

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