Category Archives: Russia and Eastern Europe

United States: Comment On The 2013 State Of The Union

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa President Obama delivered his State of the Union address to the joint session of the United States Congress on February 12, 2013. He laid out his policy agenda for his second term in office … Continue reading

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The Investigation Of Sam Bacile

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Arab Spring, the raison d’etre of President Barack Hussein Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, is on the eve of going up in flames, as if fire on ice. An obscure man in Los Angeles … Continue reading

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Syria v. Syria

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Civil War has come to Syria. The dictator Bashar al-Assad does not like the Syrian friends of foreigners waging war against his regime. Syria is an American error similar to the mistakes almost … Continue reading

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A “Magnitsky Act” For America?

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa (Sergei Magnitsky) Awash in cash, the world is, once again, corrupt. In 2009, a Russian anti-corruption lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky, allegedly died of torture in Russian jails for reporting and fighting against Russian … Continue reading

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America Works Hard On Its Passage To India

By Snehal Manjrekar, India Subject Matter/Language Editor: Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Dr Aziz and Ms Adela Quested are in a post-9/11 reprise since Barack Hussein Obama’s visit to India in 2011. United States of America has been desperately wanting … Continue reading

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Finally, A More Humble America

By Snehal Manjrekar, India Subject Matter/Language Editor: Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa United States, together with its Western allies, has imposed severe economic sanctions on Iran, making it difficult for Iranian companies to engage in economic relationships with its … Continue reading

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The BRIC “Sustainability” Summit

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The four major emerging markets, as they are known to Washington – Brazil, Russia, India and China (and South Africa) – have emerged. India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement of March 29, 2012 is … Continue reading

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Cameron In America

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa British Prime Minister David Cameron is scheduled to begin the pomp and circumstance of a state visit to the United States of America. The relationship between the two nations has been “special” since … Continue reading

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Putin’s Oil?

By Jennifer Ciotta, Author and Editor, Greater New York City Area Subject Matter/Language Editor: Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Oil, Putin’s or Lorenzo’s, is not the cure-all for the world’s ills. Still, as we all know, Vladimir Putin stands … Continue reading

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America’s Syrian Challenge And Iranian Opportunity

By Snehal Manjrekar, India Subject Matter/Language Editor: Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The first of decade the new millennium was one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of human civilization. It witnessed formation of asset bubbles, corporate governance … Continue reading

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