December, 2021

• 11 December

  Russia Ratchets Up Pressure On Ukraine As Biden Consults Zelenskiy

  

  Russia continued to ramp up rhetoric against Kyiv as U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with Ukraine’s leader and was to offer security reassurances to nine Eastern European NATO allies amid a Russian military buildup near the Ukrainian border. Biden held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on …

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• 11 December

  Встреча с Президентом США Джозефом Байденом

  

  В формате видеоконференции состоялась продолжительная беседа Владимира Путина с Президентом Соединённых Штатов Америки Джозефом Байденом. Речь, в частности, шла о реализации итогов состоявшегося в июне 2021 года в Женеве российско-американского саммита. Отмечена важность последовательного выполнения достигнутых на высшем уровне договорённостей и сохранения «духа Женевы» при рассмотрении вопросов двусторонних отношений и …

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• 11 December

  Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, December 7, 2021

  3:03 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hello. All right. Good afternoon. We have our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, joining us for the briefing, who will give a brief opening and then take some questions. And then we’ll proceed with a briefing after that. With that, I’ll turn it over to …

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• 10 December

  Metals Demand From Energy Transition May Top Current Global Supply – Analysis

  

  The clean energy transition needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change could unleash unprecedented metals demand in coming decades, requiring as much as 3 billion tons. A typical electric vehicle battery pack, for example, needs around 8 kilograms (18 pounds) of lithium, 35 kilograms of nickel, 20 kilograms …

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• 10 December

  Russia-Ukraine Coverage Continues To Lack Insight – OpEd

  

  With the likes of CNN regularly giving puff segment to Kiev regime officials and other anti-Russian leaning sources, there’s considerable room for Anglo-American mass media improvement in the analysis of Russian-Ukrainian issues. One of a limited exception of good analytical journalism on the subject, is the December 7 aired PBS …

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• 10 December

  Biden Must Build Stronger Trade Ties With ASEAN – Analysis

  

  On 26 October 2021, US President Joe Biden attended a virtual US–ASEAN summit meeting — the first time in four years that the United States engaged at the highest level with the 10-member bloc. During his speech, Biden said that Washington is committed to the central role ASEAN has in …

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• 10 December

  He Said, He Said: Russian, US Statements On Biden-Putin Call Differ Starkly – Analysis

  

  Amid a big Russian military buildup near Ukraine and on the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula, the Kremlin has kept a lot of people guessing about its plans and intentions. It did the same after President Vladimir Putin’s video call with U.S. President Joe Biden on December 7, issuing a statement about …

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• 10 December

  Germany’s New Government Bets On Inaugural Trips To Help Bolster EU’s Key Role

  

  Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor on Wednesday (8 December), will already be embarking on a series of inaugural visits across Europe, accompanied by his foreign minister, Green co-leader Annalena Baerbock. The future “traffic light” coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the liberal …

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• 10 December

  US Foils Smuggling Of Iranian Arms Headed For Yemen’s Houthis

  

  The US seized two large caches of Iranian arms, including 171 surface-to-air missiles and eight anti-tank missiles, intended for the Houthi militia in Yemen. The US justice department on Tuesday said navy troops seized the weapons from two vessels in the Arabian Sea while conducting routine maritime security operations. “Iran’s …

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• 10 December

  Biden Says Deployment Of US Troops To Ukraine ‘Not On The Table’

  

  U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not order the deployment of American troops to Ukraine to counter a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. “That is not on the table,” Biden told reporters on the White House South Lawn. “The idea the United States is going to unilaterally …

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