[Link] Russia’s Ambassador to the US Says He Hasn’t Talked to Putin in Almost 5 Years

Read: 18/4/2022 www.vice.com

Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s top diplomat in the U.S.

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[Link] Iran nuclear talks pulled back from brink as Tehran shifts stance

Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal have been hauled back from the brink of collapse as Tehran revised its stance after pressure from Russia and China and clear warnings that the EU and the US were preparing to walk away.

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[Link] U.S. Boycotted Olympics Before, and It Didn’t End Well

Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com

The U.S. is staging a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China’s human rights abuses of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. The full effect remains to be seen.

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[Link] ‘Nine Eyes’? Bill Would Look at Adding Four Countries to Intel-Sharing Pact

Read: 4/11/2021 www.defenseone.com

The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One.  Arizona Democrat Rep.

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