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Of Leadership and Anniversaries by David Chikvaidze

2020-05-04

Of Leadership and Anniversaries by David Chikvaidze A great man is turning ninety this week. I consider myself privileged and lucky to have had a chance to work with him and for him. I first encountered James A. Baker, III and his team right after the 1988 US Presidential Election. Assistant to the Soviet Ambassador in Washington, DC, I got the call from the transition team of the Secretary of State-designate, nominated the day before. The following day, I…

Kremlin’s plan to “save” Italy, or a tombstone for another EU member state

2020-03-24

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| Allemagne, Chine, Europe, Russia

Kremlin’s plan to “save” Italy, or a tombstone for another EU member state As we know, Russia recently sent its aid to Italy, the country suffering from a raging coronavirus. The move raised plenty of questions — regarding the appropriateness of this “aid”, which won’t be critical in the fight against Covid-19, as well as the moral aspect, given the concealment of the epidemic in Russia, where experts and equipment, now deployed to a distant NATO Ally, would be…