U.S. election fascinates global citizens

Worldfocus — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:01:26 +0000

The U.S. elects its next president in six days, and the world is watching.

Gideon Rose, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine, calls it the most watched election around the world. Most of the world favors Barack Obama, but Rose discusses which countries might not and why.

Whoever wins, the next administration will face challenges with the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Gideon Rose, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine, calls the U.S. election the “most watched election” around the world. /files/2008/10/th_elections_roseint.jpg /files/2008/10/th_elections_roseint.jpg

Venezuela hosts Russian war games

Worldfocus — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:10:10 +0000

Today, a squadron of Russian naval ships set out for Caribbean waters for military exercises with Venezuela. The exercises will be be the biggest display of Russian military power in the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, a strong critic of the U.S., has close ties with Russia, which provides billions of dollars worth of military aid to Venezuela.

To discuss Russia’s standing in the world and the future of the Russian economy, Martin Savidge interviews Vladimir Lensky, New York-based correspondent for Russia’s Channel One Television and Sergei Shestakov, a former Soviet foreign minister official, now with Russian International TV, which serves Russian immigrant communities around the world.

Russia’s role on the international stage may be changing, as its government makes controversial decisions. /files/2008/09/th_vid_intvlensky.jpg /files/2008/09/th_vid_intvlensky.jpg

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U.S. election fascinates global citizens

Venezuela hosts Russian war games