RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-198 :: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#198
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
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1. www.opendemocracy.net: Volodymyr Chemerys, Totalitarian tendencies in post-Maidan Ukraine. In Ukraine, the state apparatus, far-right movements and patriotic citizens are working together to shut down debate and silence criticism.
2. The Hill: Former US ambassador to Russia goes after WikiLeaks in tweetstorm. (Michael McFaul’s 146,218 followers on Twitter)
3. The Hill: Former US ambassador trolls Pence over Russia.
4. The Hill: Former US ambassador: Russians now think Clinton will win.
5. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Clinton Should Stop Whining About Russian Hackers.
6. Council on Foreign Relations: A Conversation With James Clapper. (excerpts re Russia)
7. Foxnews.com: Ariel Cohen, The breathtaking Russian problem that awaits our next president.
8. Washington Post: Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin, Trump helps Putin – and all dictators – when he calls U.S. elections ‘rigged.’ (“scholars of propaganda”)
9. Politico.com: Jason Bruder, How Congress can protect the U.S. from Russia. Presidents typically take the lead on foreign policy. But Congress has a major role to play too. (Kennan Institute)
10. Reuters: NATO Seeks Troops to Deter Russia on Eastern Flank.
11. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, The Inevitable, Weird World.
12. Russian International Affairs Council: Ivan Timofeev, From Authoritarianism to Democracy? The Future of Political Regimes.
13. Rosiiskaya Gazeta: Sergey Karaganov, From East to West, or Greater Eurasia.
14. Valdai Discussion Club/Kommersant: Andrey Bystritskiy, DOES THE FUTURE START TODAY?
15. Russia Direct: Alexey Khlebnikov, Russian experts debate the world of tomorrow in Valdai. The 13th meeting of the Vsaldai Discussion Club focuses on the transformation of the international world order and the interplay of the three global powers: the U.S., Russia and China.
16. Valdai Discussion Club: 13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB. SESSION 1. WORLD ORDER: QUO VADIS?
17. Valdai Discussion Club: 13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB. SESSION 2. DEMOCRACY 2.0: HOW IS POPULAR RULE CHANGING?
18. Valdai Discussion Club: SESSION 3. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO CENTRAL EURASIA: AN ARC OF INSTABILITY OR A SPACE FOR JOINT ACTION?
19. Valdai Discussion Club: SESSION 4. THE WORLD AFTER THE RECENT MAJOR MIGRATION.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia seeks to shape global political debates with new award. Russia seeks to gain more voice in shaping global political debates amidst increasingly partisan rhetoric on international politics with a newly announced award by the Valdai Discussion Club.
21. Washington Post: Daniel Drezner, Is there value in Valdai? I’m at a swanky high-level conference put on by the Russian elite. What is to be gained from attending?
22. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, What do the Kremlin’s reshuffles mean for Russia’s political future? New political appointments within the Presidential Administration and State Duma could be further signs that the Kremlin is already preparing for presidential elections in 2018.
23. Counterpunch.org/Fairbanks Alaska Daily Miner: David Swanson, Halloween Is Coming, Vladimir Putin Isn’t.
24. Rethinking Russia: Salvatore Babones, Little covered in the West, the 8th BRICS summit is a strong opportunity for its members.
25. www.rt.com: No Russian, Syrian flights around Aleppo for 8 days – Moscow.
26. Awful Avalanche: Aleppo Ceasefire Breaks Down, But A Few People Saved.
7. Consortiumnews.com: Rick Sterling, The ‘White Helmets’ Controversy . The saturation of propaganda from massive investments by Western interests in NGOs like the “White Helmets” has skewed the public’s understanding of foreign crises, such as Iraq in 2003 and Syria today.
28. Bloomberg: U.S. Stuck With Nobody Left to Sanction in Russia Over Syria.
29. Antiwar.com: Justin Raymondo, Why Progressives Love the New Cold War. The anti-Russian hysteria coming from the left isn’t surprising.
30. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, ENTERTAINMENT ARMS RACE.
31. New York Times: Room for Debate. Is Trump Right About Putin? Should the United States be less hawkish toward Russia? (with Matthew Rojansky and Kathryn Stoner)
32. www.foreignpolicy.com: Andreas Umland, Bad History Doesn’t Make Friends. Kiev’s glorification of wartime Ukrainian nationalists threatens to turn away its Western allies – just when it needs them the most.
