Much like Putin’s campaign promises, proposed legislation to cap “golden parachute” payments is only skin-deep.
Putin pushes populism, but reforms skin-deep
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Pressure increasing on Obama over Syria’s chemical weapons
What until now has been a successful, albeit delicate, rhetorical dance is getting more and more difficult for White House to keep up.
Amid gay marriage clamor, France extends Mali mission
Operation Serval in Mali remains one of the few issues on which French constituents, and concurrently their political leaders, can consistently agree.
Taliban surges with dual-pronged approach
The overall number of attacks by armed Afghan opposition groups is up 47 percent year-on-year.
Italian political establishment closes ranks against Five Star
If the Italian electorate had sent a message with its emphatic rejection of austerity and the status quo, said message was evidently not heard in Rome.
After Boston, a timely culprit for Putin
Vladimir Putin is in his element, joining the West in condemning the extremism of a minority group as he looks ahead to a long political future.
Did Boston suffer for Chechnya’s history?
What could possibly drive two young men whose ethnic roots are in Russia’s turbulent North Caucasus region, to become terrorists—and to attack the U.S., at that?
Eviction the least of Rajoy’s problems
Record-breaking unemployment is a lot more dangerous to the conservative ruling party.
Xi Jinping’s fake cab ride: newbie struggles to corral media
Intent on coming across as a populist warrior, the new Chinese president could learn a thing or two from Vladimir Putin.
Old and new faces of Russian organized crime in U.S. case
The list of players in an April 16 indictment demonstrates how Russian organized crime in the U.S. has moved on from its Brighton Beach days.
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