Tag Archives: Russia

Looking for a New START

By Page | Published: December 20, 2009
Originally published here. Last week, in the midst of the tense Copenhagen climate conference negotiations, brief news stories began to surface regarding an impending meeting between Presidents Obama and Medvedev. It wasn’t to be just any meeting: after nearly a year of complicated negotiations in Geneva between Russian and American diplomats, as well as several [...]
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Playing Chess With Russia: An Update on the New START Agreement

By Page | Published: November 22, 2009
Originally published here. Normally, the New York Post is a publication known for tabloid-style stories with a right-wing slant. However, in January 2009, they published a short but fascinating inauguration story on something that has the feel of a whispered legend… but it’s entirely real. The story was about the “football“: The nuclear “football” was [...]
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