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Defense News // 1 decade ago

Riyadh mulls big Russian missile buy

Riyadh has reportedly been mulling the purchase of S-300PMU Russian air-defense missile systems and other arms worth as much as $4 billion, possibly as an inducement to Moscow not to supply such advanced weapons to Iran.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Japan's cultural power

If you have a teenager in your house, then chances are you know something about Japanese anime manga, whether in the form of paperback comics, television series, movies, electronic games, or -- as teenagers like to say -- whatever. If indeed your teenager

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: America, Russia and Iran

Vladimir Putin's offer to contribute the Soviet-era radar installation in Azerbaijan to a ballistic missile defense system aimed at rogue states was not only a surprise to the United States, but also to Iran.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: In praise of pessimism

Many of these columns have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Others have been critical of American President George W. Bush. Those who object to my criticism of Putin see me as a conservative, while those who dislike my criticism of Bush

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Russia's Estonia ties

Russia's response to Estonia's removal of a Soviet World War II war memorial from the center of the Estonian capital of Tallinn to an out-of-the-way military cemetery is outrageous, out of proportion and deeply disturbing.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Putin and Europe

The change of power from Jacques Chirac to Nicolas Sarkozy is important to France and to all Europe. But it is important for Vladimir Putin and Russia too.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Haleh Esfandiari's plight

An Iranian-American scholar who directs the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington was jailed in Tehran earli

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Yeltsin's troubled legacy

Boris Yeltsin, Russia's president during the 1990s, passed away earlier this week. It is tempting to point out that Russia was far freer and more democratic under Yeltsin in the 1990s than it has become under his successor, Vladimir Putin.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Iran and the Iraqi Sunnis

The U.S. government has long claimed that Iran is providing arms and training to anti-American Shiite militia groups in Iraq. For Iran to do this may be reprehensible, but is at least understandable in that the majority of Iranians are Shiites, and Shiite

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Policy Watch: Key to democratic revolution

There have been several attempts at democratic revolution in recent years. Some of these have succeeded, but others have failed. Why?

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Russia's relationship may not be the most important factor in Saudi-Russian arms negotiations and the delay in reaching a deal on air-defense missile systems in particular may be because of other reasons
Riyadh mulls big Russian missile buy Mar 22, 2010

Russian frustration with Iran has grown so strong that Moscow hardly needs to be persuaded by Riyadh or anyone else to withhold delivery of the S-300s to such a difficult customer
Riyadh mulls big Russian missile buy Mar 22, 2010