14:04 13.08.2018(aktualisiert 15:27 13.08.2018) Zum Kurzlink Willy Wimmer 511984 Die Ferienzeit des Jahres 2018 hat es in sich. Man hat zudem den Eindruck, dass bis zum Herbst dieses Jahres die Dinge in trockenen Tüchern sein sollen, weil niemand die Zeit danach einschätzen kann. Die im November 2018 in den Vereinigten Staaten stattfindenden Zwischenwahlen entscheiden über die Zukunft …
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Donald Trump’s dithering over whether to meet Kim Jong-un damages the US’s leverage by ALEXANDER MERCOURIS May 27, 2018, 15:05463 Views The episode of the ‘on/off’ Kim-Trump summit provides a further stark example of the fact that Donald Trump, 16 months into his Presidency, remains an amateur. The first thing to say is that Donald Trump may have …
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The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister’s speech in South Korea is a clear illustration of Russia and China’s diplomatic methodology which contrasts diametrically with that of the US. November 27, 2017, 15:121.6K Views Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov has spoken at length about Russia’s peace plan for the Korean peninsula while at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion …
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On the February 2, Italian magazine Limes published on its website an interview given by the Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, titled «Il mondo visto dalla Russia» – «The world as seen from Russia» which was later included in the magazine’s special issue dedicated to Russia’s geopolitical and strategic choices «Il mondo di Putin» …
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| 27.01.2016 | 00:00 He came, he saw, and he pocketed all the deals that matter. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tour of Southwest Asia – Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt – could easily be sold anywhere as your typical Chinese-style win-win. On the PR arena, Xi did a sterling job polishing China’s image as a …
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| 18.10.2015 | 00:00 In the classic American chain gang film, Cool Hand Luke (1967), the defiant escapee played by Paul Newman, shouts out in mockery to the sadistic prison chief, «what we have got here is a failure to communicate», before law-enforcement officers open fire on the ill-fated young rebel. Washington and Moscow may …
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