Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a meeting with Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow April 18, 2014. Putin on Friday pledged to support Royal Dutch Shell’s Russia expansion plans at a meeting with the company’s chief executive. REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/POOL
Vladimir Putin's Shopping List: Which Country Could Be Next? -- Jaak Treiman, Juris Bunkis and Daiva Navarrette, L.A. Times
Plenty of Russia's neighbors are worried. And Article 61 of Russia's Constitution leaves him a world of room in which to maneuver.
After Russia's recent actions in Ukraine, it's no surprise that other countries bordering Russia are wondering where they stand on Vladimir Putin's shopping list. That they are on the list is a given.
Article 61 of Russia's Constitution promises that "the Russian Federation shall guarantee its citizens defense and patronage beyond its boundaries." In other words, Russia shall protect any Russian citizen who is mistreated while outside Russia.
Read more ....
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The revolution in Putin’s head -- Mark Leonard, Reuters
How to Lose in Ukraine -- Mohamed A. El-Erian, Bloomberg
Ukraine’s Activists Are Taking No Chances -- Sylvie Kauffmann, New York Times
Collapse of Peace Talks Gives Israel an Easy Exit, but Also Carries Risks -- Jodi Rudoren, New York Times
Peace talks over, Israelis and Palestinians push on as solo acts -- Joshua Mitnick, Christian Science monitor
Gaza wants back in from the darkness as Hamas feels the isolation -- Peter Beaumont in Gaza City and Patrick Kingsley in Cairo, The Guardian
What Beirut's Debutante Ball Says about Lebanon -- Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online
North Korea's Got a Big Crystal Meth Problem -- Nathan Thompson, Vice
America should work to bring Asia into the club -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Africa’s Path to Prosperity -- Murithi Mutiga, New York Times
One year after Rana Plaza, Bangladeshis are still paying for your clothes with their lives -- Liza Jansen, Quartz
How Putin Crashed a Russian Internet Stock -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Obama’s foreign-policy plan B -- Jonah Goldberg, New York Post
Not Post-American Yet -- Michael O'Hanlon, National Interest
3 big economic trends that will hit home soon -- Rick Newman 6 hours ago, Daily Ticker
No comments:
Post a Comment