Russia has announced that it will not participate in a meeting with the United States this week to discuss Iran's nuclear program, the most significant indication yet of how Russia's war with Georgia has spoiled relations regarding other security issues.

Iran, nukes and 40% of the worlds traded supply of crude oil! Fact: The United States receives about 18% of its petroleum imports from the Persian Gulf. A disruption to the flow would be devastating on many different levels! After years of benign neglect that served as the United States foreign and national security policy over Iran's nuclear weapons program it's now that country, and no...

Energy security will be a challenge for the United States and Europe.

The United States Backs Off Of Tough Sanctions A report by the Wall Street Journal says that in order to bring Russia and China along on the road for sanctions against Iran, certain tough measures have been taken off of the board. Among those reported to have been removed from consideration are Iran's ability to tap international banking and credit market sources as well as access to internat...

The Russians made their position on any against Iran's illegal nuclear program very clear today: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the United States and other Western nations on Thursday against imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Interfax news agency reported. The European Union has said it may impose unilateral sanctions if a U.N. Security Council res...

Russia and China Thumb Their Noses At Sanctions, But Not Our Good Friend France The United States through the years has always had the back of the French. When the going got tough, the United States was always there to help out. These days, while President Obama tries to get Russia and China to climb on board the sanctions train to Iran, with little tangible success, French President Nicolas Sarko...

Russia published on 29 November its proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security treaty that would restrict its ability to use military force unilaterally if the United States and its European allies agreed to do the same.

The European Commission has proposed building new pipelines to the Caspian region as the centrepiece of an energy security plan that seeks to reduce member states' reliance on Russia

Washington claimed it has reached an agreement with its allies, including China and Russia, for tough new sanctions against Tehran. Sweeping aside a putative deal announced by Brazil and Turkey on Monday, which was meant to assuage Western concerns about Iran's nuclear activities, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, claimed that a draft sanctions package tabled to the full UN Security...

Top Story PHILIPPE LAURENSON/AFP/Getty Images Russia seized upon Thursday's announcement that Poland had inked a missile-defense deal with the United States as proof that the system was aimed at Moscow. Washington insists the technology is meant to shield Europe from Iran, but a top Russian general warned that the deal "cannot go unpunished," adding, "Poland, by deploying (the ...