| ...по изключение започвам с CNN, но не с Ананпур, обобщението не е лошо, като начало на евентуална дискусия бива, пък и няма да дразни козяците: Натисни тук Stephen Collinson Profile By Stephen Collinson, CNN - Updated 0308 GMT (1008 HKT) September 29, 2015 | Video Source: CNN (CNN)Vladimir Putin is back -- and stealing Barack Obama's thunder. The Russian president showed up at the United Nations on Monday for the first time in a decade, proposing a coup against U.S. global leadership and seeking to wrest control of a coalition battling ISIS away from America's grip. And he wasn't the only leader of a country challenging the United States to effectively upstage Obama at the annual global meeting, which a U.S. president traditionally uses to command the spotlight. Speeches by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the 70th anniversary of the creation of the world body also left Obama defending not only his personal foreign policy legacy, which is already under assault at home from Republican presidential candidates, but the entire concept of a world order based on seven decades of U.S. global leadership. The day of speech-making, which also included an address by Cuban leader Raul Castro and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, underscored the multipolar challenges to U.S. power, as slumbering empires seek a resurgence and America faces military challenges from Eastern Europe across the Middle East to Asia. Obama hits Putin, Republicans in U.N. speech Obama has embraced a policy of encouraging other actors to address threats in their region, for instance pulling Saudi Arabia and Jordan into the coalition to fight ISIS. But the approach means that other forces joining the fray -- including Iran and now Russia in Syria -- may not necessarily agree with America's preferred end game. Obama offered a full-throated justification of his policies -- particularly emphasizing diplomacy over the use of force -- in his own U.N. address, but he seemed on the defensive amid claims by critics that his policies have emboldened U.S. adversaries. The most ardent challenger on Monday was Putin, who appears to be probing openings in Ukraine and Syria where he believes the U.S. president will not resist. He recently ordered a military buildup in Syria apparently in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a longtime Russian client, and went behind Washington's back to conclude an anti-ISIS intelligence alliance with Iran, Syria and Iraq just this weekend. Russia criticizes U.S. interventions Putin's message at the U.N. podium Monday was a simple one: U.S. interventions and unilateralism have backfired in the Middle East, and it is time to try something new. His speech will do little to undercut a widespread impression in many Western capitals that his aim in Syria is not just to bolster a Moscow ally but, primarily, to thwart U.S. power and influence in the Middle East. Putin took particular aim at U.S. involvement in Iraq and Libya, which he said fostered a power vacuum filled with "extremists and terrorists." "Do you realize now what you've done?" he asked. He called for a ministerial conference and then a U.N. resolution to reorient strategy against ISIS -- even though many U.S. observers believe his real aim is to prioritize attacks against rebels opposed to al-Assad and to thwart U.S. aspirations in a region in which Obama has shown little appetite of becoming embroiled. Russian President Vladimir Putin is a popular but polarizing figure who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade. Click through to see images of his life and career. Like Russia, China is also a nation that once enjoyed great power and is now seeking a rebound. Xi, president of a nation that Washington faults for stoking tensions in Asia with its territorial claims at sea while increasingly elbowing the United States in the Pacific, hit out at criticism of China's communist system. And in a thinly veiled warning against new U.S. military adventures, he warned that "those who adopt the high-ended approach of using force will find that they are only lifting a rock to drop on their feet." And Iran, which the United States accuses of supporting terror throughout the Middle East, portrayed its deal with world powers over its nuclear capabilities as an example of U.S. capitulation and blamed "incorrect actions of newcomers to the region and naive transregional actors" -- a clear reference to Washington -- for the chaos in the Middle East. Sensing the rising challenges to U.S. power that were all too evident at the U.N. on Monday, Obama openly faulted the perception -- fueled by Republican presidential candidates -- that he is a weak leader who has emboldened American adversaries. Obama looks to defend his legacy He seemed to be addressing the historians who will consider his legacy as much as his contemporaries on the world stage, especially when he defended his policy of cooperating with some of the very leaders he faults. "We see in our debates about America's role in the world a notion of strength that is defined by opposition to old enemies, perceived adversaries, a rising China, or a resurgent Russia, a revolutionary Iran," Obama said. He was particularly contemptuous of Putin, mocking "state-controlled media" notions of a revived Russia. He said Ukrainians wanted to align with Europe not Moscow and pointed out that sanctions had led to a "fallen ruble and the emigration of more educated Russians." "History is littered with the failure of false prophets and fallen empires, who believed that might always makes right, and that will continue to be the case. You can count on that," Obama said. But Obama also acknowledged that he was open to a realistic approach that could see him work with Russia and Iran to fight ISIS and back a "managed transition" away from al-Assad. Seeing al-Assad remain in power for some time and cooperating with Iran on Syria are positions that the administration has long frowned on, and their embrace exposes Obama to criticism from those at home as well as from the adversaries that he faced on the world stage Monday. 5 things to watch at the U.N. General Assembly this week Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is making foreign policy a centerpiece of his run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, warned that Putin was making a case that American leadership had failed in the Middle East and Obama was to blame. "The President has fallen into that. He's in fact strengthened Putin's hands," Rubio said in an interview with NPR that aired Monday, complaining that states in the region were despairing at the lack of a U.S. strategy to beat ISIS. "If left with a choice between Russia and nothing, they're going to choose Russia," Rubio said. Obama has made no secret of the fact that he disdains Putin as a bully and the Russian leader appears to view his opposite number as weak. The ill regard was noticeable in the days leading up to their meeting along the U.N. sidelines, with each side arguing that the other had pushed for the meeting and declaring that the talks were focused entirely on their own priorities -- Ukraine in the case of Obama and Syria for Putin. While Obama arguably lost the power play by participating in the meeting -- he has shunned Putin since his annexation of Crimea in 2014 -- both sides ultimately conceded that they still need to work with each other by showing up and awkwardly shaking hands for the cameras Monday. It seemed clear that Obama did not particularly want to be there, but Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, told CNN's "The Lead" on Monday that it would have been "irresponsible" not to meet Putin and test his intentions. It was also an appearance that will likely play better in Moscow, where Putin wants to convince Russians he is a key actor on the global stage, than in Washington. |
| ...и едно друго обобщение SPIEGEL ONLINE 28. September 2015, 14:37 Uhr Putins Triumph Ein Kommentar von Benjamin Bidder, Moskau Dieses Mal wird Russlands Präsident die Aufmerksamkeit der Welt gewiss sein, wenn er vor der Uno spricht. Wladimir Putins Position ist vor allem deshalb stark, weil die Nahost-Politik des Westens so schwach ist. Es kann unerträglich sein, Russland zuzuhören. Dmitrij Kisseljow, Star-Moderator des russischen Staatsfernsehens, ist kein Mann, dem man gerne lauscht. Kisseljow räsoniert schon mal darüber, dass Russland die USA in "radioaktive Asche verwandeln" könne. Die Herzen homosexueller Unfallopfer möchte er lieber verbrennen, statt sie als Organspenden zu verwenden - weil sie angeblich "nicht zum Leben taugen". Am Vorabend von Wladimir Putins Rede vor der Uno verkündete Kisseljow aber eine Wahrheit, die sich schwer abstreiten lässt. Der Kreml habe das Weiße Haus an den Verhandlungstisch gezwungen. "Russlands Verhandlungsposition ist stark", sagte Kisseljow. "Sonst würden die Amerikaner ja gar nicht mit uns reden." Es gibt wenige Orte, an denen sich der wiedergewonnene Einfluss Moskaus so manifestiert wie auf der Uno-Bühne in New York. Wladimir Putin hatte dort im Jahr 2000 als Präsident seinen ersten Auftritt. Dem Kreml-Chef wurde ein Platz als Redner 31 zugelost, eine Position unter ferner liefen. Er musste mit dem Staatschef von Zypern tauschen, um auf Position fünf zu rutschen. Im Rampenlicht war damals Bill Clinton. Der US-Präsident stand kurz vor seinem Abschied aus dem Weißen Haus. Man stehe davor, "die Geschichte der Menschheit im neuen Jahrtausend neu zu schreiben", rief Clinton. Es ging um "größeren Respekt für unsere gemeinsame Menschlichkeit" und darum, "dass wir alle mehr erreichen, wenn wir anderen helfen". Menschenrechte und Demokratie würden sich nach westlichem Vorbild zwangsläufig weltweit durchsetzen. Das war der Traum. Verheerende Bilanz im Nahen Osten 15 Jahre nach Clintons Millenium-Rede ist die Bilanz verheerend. Demokratie hat sich weder im Irak durchgesetzt noch in Libyen, Ägypten oder Afghanistan. Es stimmt schon: Ausgerechnet im Falle Syriens ist es schwer zu sagen, wer mehr zu dem Machtvakuum beigetragen hat, in dem der IS so stark geworden ist. War es der Westen und seine arabischen Partner, die Assads Gegner aufgerüstet haben? Oder doch Moskau, das mit seiner Unterstützung für den Diktator einen schnellen Sieg der Opposition verhinderte? Es war immer leicht, Kritik aus Russland mit Verweis auf Russlands Waffenlieferungen an brutale Regime beiseitezuschieben. Ja, Moskau hat auch an einem Mann wie Muammar al-Gaddafi gut verdient. Aber Warnungen wurden selbst dann in den Wind geschlagen, wenn sie wohlmeinend waren. "Auch uns gefällt nicht alles, was im Nahen Osten passiert," sagte der ehemalige Premierminister Jewgenij Primakow 2011 dem SPIEGEL. Russland denke nicht, "dass Bomben die Probleme lösen. Wir verstehen den Nahen Osten besser als viele westliche Länder, wir wissen, wie wichtig es ist, Geschichte, Mentalität und Traditionen zu berücksichtigen. Ich denke nicht, dass in den Ländern des arabischen Frühlings Demokratie nach europäischem Vorbild möglich ist". Primakow, inzwischen verstorben, war im Westen vor allem als ehemaliger Apparatschik des sowjetischen Geheimdienstes bekannt. Als ehemaliger Korrespondent der Zeitung "Prawda" in Kairo war er aber auch ein exzellenter Kenner des Nahen Ostens. So richtig zuhören mochte aber auch Primakow im Westen dennoch niemand. Nun zwingt Putin die Welt, ihm zuzuhören. Russlands Präsident wird für ein Bündnis mit Syriens Diktator Assad gegen den "Islamischen Staat" werben - und hart mit der Politik des Westens ins Gericht gehen. Er wird dem Westen einen Spiegel vorhalten. Wenn das Bild darin aber hässlich ist, muss das nicht nur an Putin liegen. |
| ...две швейцарски мнения пърмвото е коментар на резултатите от срещата на двамата президенти Натисни тук, второто е коментар на речите им през общото събрание Натисни тук, второто е обобщение на очакванията от швейцарската гледна точка. Treffen von Obama und Putin in New York Direkt und unverblümt von Beat Ammann, Washington29.9.2015, 04:58 Uhr3 Kommentare Am Montagabend haben sich die Präsidenten Amerikas und Russlands, Barack Obama und Wladimir Putin, in New York zu einem Gespräch getroffen. Der formelle Handschlag vor dem Treffen zeigte zwei Männer, die offensichtlich wenig Anlass zur Freude empfinden . Beide hatten zuvor einen Auftritt vor der Generalversammlung der Uno, wo sie ihre divergierenden Positionen darlegten. Der Meinungsaustausch zwischen den beiden Präsidenten dauerte anderthalb Stunden, länger als vorgesehen, und konzentrierte sich auf die Lage in Syrien, Russlands Annexion der Krim und die Intervention im Osten der Ukraine. Direkt und unverblümt Putin sagte hinterher vor der Presse , das Gespräch sei business-like und überraschend direkt und unverblümt verlaufen. Unerwarteterweise teile man viele Standpunkte, fügte Putin hinzu. Er gab sich überzeugt, dass die beiden Länder in Syrien zusammenarbeiten könnten. Russland hat in den letzten Wochen Panzer und Flugzeuge an der syrischen Mittelmeerküste stationiert, um Präsident Asad im Kampf gegen die Terrormiliz des Islamischen Staats (IS) zu unterstützen. Putin sagte, es gehe darum, die syrische Armee zu stärken, da diese am ehesten in der Lage sei, den IS zu besiegen. Der russische Präsident schloss aus, dass russische Infanterie an Kämpfen in Syrien teilnehme. Die Intervention seines Landes in Syrien sei – im Gegensatz zum Luftkrieg der Amerikaner – legal, da Asad Russland um Hilfe gebeten habe. Die Luftangriffe der Amerikaner seien wirkungslos. Kürzlich hätten diese an einem einzigen Tag 43 Angriffe geflogen, und niemand wisse, mit welchen Folgen. Putin bot den USA und anderen westlichen Ländern mehr Kooperation an, laut dem russischen Präsidenten eine Bedingung für effektives Vorgehen gegen den IS. Dabei deutete Putin an, dass er auch eine russische Beteiligung an den Luftangriffen auf die Terrormiliz nicht ausschliesse. Die Rolle von Asad In den Reden der beiden Präsidenten vor der Generalversammlung waren die Differenzen zutage getreten, die Obama und Putin trennen, wenn es um die Rolle von Asad im Kampf gegen den IS geht. Laut Obama kann man sich nicht mit Asad verbünden, wie es Putin getan hat. Allerdings klang dieser an seiner Pressekonferenz differenziert. Zwar stehe es dem syrischen Volk zu, die syrische Regierung zu bestimmen. Doch Russland bestehe neben seinem Rückhalt für die syrischen Streitkräfte darauf, dass es einen «politischen Prozess» gebe, und das sei auch die Position von Asad. |
| Натисни тук Washinton Post September 28 at 1:06 PM Autumn in Manhattan: The leaves are turning, there’s a chill in the breeze, the traffic is once again snarled on the east side, and convoys of black SUVs flank the entrances of the city’s toniest hotels. Yes, the United Nations' General Assembly is in session. Here are the key narratives to track. Putin's power play President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were set to meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly on Monday. Well before the two addressed the chamber filled with world leaders and dignitaries, the contours of their disagreements were clear. In his Monday morning speech, Obama denounced Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, a Black Sea territory that most governments recognize as part of Ukraine. He also signaled his concern with Russia's recent military escalation in Syria in defense of the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad and warned that there "cannot be ... a return to the pre-war status quo" — that is, as the United States has insisted in the past, Assad must go. Putin didn't equivocate on the matter, either. Russia is a staunch and longtime ally of the Syrian government. In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," he said that the aid provided by the United States and a number of other countries to rebel factions fighting the Assad regime "contravenes the principles of international law and the U.N. Charter." Putin, whose government is widely seen as the main actor behind a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine, said Russia backs "only legal government entities." Obama's speech was framed around sober, liberal themes: the need for multilateralism when addressing global challenges, the limits of military power, the importance of strengthening inclusive, democratic institutions in every country and the perfidy of domineering strongmen. These were all, in some sense, direct or indirect jabs at Putin's irredentism and authoritarian politics. Putin responded in kind later in the day. He gestured at the U.S. track record of intervention in the Middle East, and the anarchy unleashed following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. He framed the 2011 upheavals of the Arab Spring — which were celebrated as a democratic awakening by the White House — as a threat to Middle Eastern stability. He asked "those responsible" (presumably the U.S.): "Do you know what you've done?" Putin also said Russia was eager to take more of a lead role in coordinating a response to the terrorist threat in Iraq and Syria, a cause in which it has backing from Iran. Iran's moment This is the first General Assembly session following the July announcement of a proposed nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, including all five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. Obama hailed the agreement at the U.N. as a victory for the prevailing international order that makes "our world safer." The deal faced a heated backlash in Washington, with many congressional Republicans and neo-conservatives decrying what they considered appeasement to a regime long at odds with the United States. They failed to rally enough support against the deal in the U.S. Senate and its passage now appears to be a fait accompli. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has pinned his political fate on the deal, which will eventually see the loosening of sanctions on the Iranian economy in return for Tehran complying with measures aimed at curbing its ability to produce a nuclear weapon. In an interview with CNN, Rouhani mocked the opponents of diplomacy. "Some of them wouldn't even know where Tehran was in relation to Iran," he said. "Some of them didn't know where Iran was geographically, not distinguishing that one is the capital of the other." On Monday, Rouhani said the deal was a "victory over war," championed Iran's future economic prospects and launched his own barb at Israel, singling out the "Zionist regime" as the Middle East's only nuclear power while calling for regional non-proliferation. Who sounds most like the pope? Pope Francis left the United States before a blood moon rose in the night sky, but his whirlwind visit still casts a shadow on the meetings at the U.N. The pontiff spoke passionately about a number of key international crises: the threat of climate change; the perils of growing global economic inequity; the imperative to welcome immigrants and refugees. Expect quite a few of these themes to be echoed in the speeches of the General Assembly, particularly regarding the refugee crisis facing Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, perhaps the most outspoken world leader on the need to provide for Syrian refugees, is scheduled to speak Thursday. The question of Palestine On Wednesday, the flag of Palestine will be raised among the other 193 member states of the United Nations. Hundreds of world leaders have been invited by the Palestinians to attend the ceremony; the United States, Israel and a handful of other nations will be sure to boycott the event. Palestine, like the Holy See, has non-member observer status at the U.N., but a recent General Assembly resolution permitted its flag to be flown outside the organization. The raising of the flag will mark a "glorious day," according to the Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour. Like much of the enfeebled Palestinian efforts to force the matter of Palestinian statehood on the international stage, it is a purely symbolic gesture. On the ground, a separate, viable Palestinian state is nowhere in sight. And its potential existence is rejected by senior members of the current right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Among many governments in the West, there is deepening frustration with the current status quo, and a host of European countries took steps to recognize Palestine as an independent state in recent years. But there is also a creeping apathy. Obama, in his remarks Monday, made no mention whatsoever of Israel and the Palestinians — a conspicuous absence for any U.S. president addressing the U.N. |
| Когда выступление Путина было закончено, раздались бурные аплодисменты, плавно перешедшие в аплодисменты в студии одного из российских федеральных каналов. Ощущение монтажа осталось, также как и лизоблюдства «экспертов». В общем, пошло, как встарь «наш дорогой Леонид Ильич…». Алексей Малашенко |
US to work with Putin on Syria, defends Ukraine sanctions The Kremlin, but not the White House, published the handshake image The US president, Barack Obama, in his UN speech on Monday (28 September) said he's "ready to work with any country, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the [Syria] conflict". The Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, called for "a genuinely broad international coalition against terrorism", which he compared to the "anti-Hitler coalition" of WWII. ≪read more≫ | |
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Obama and Putin outline competing visions on Syria UNITED NATIONS — President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out sharply competing visions Monday about how to tackle the ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, with each blaming the other for the region’s turmoil even as they signaled a willingness to address it together. ≪read more≫ |
Putin shuts down GOP talking point that Obama is weak, 'I don't think so at all' One of the biggest criticisms that Republicans have of President Obama is that he is allegedly soft when it comes to foreign policy. Republicans often claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Obama is "weak" on international affairs, but that talking point was squashed over the weekend. Obama and Putin haven't seen eye to eye since the beginning of their relationship. With Russia's support of the Assad regime in Syria growing, it has complicated the United States' effort to fight the Islamic State in the Middle East. While this issue has put a rift in between both world leaders, Putin went into detail about his relationship with Obama during a Sept. 27 interview with "60 Minutes" on CBS. ≪read more≫ |
Шефът на НАТО Столтенберг: Опитите за изолация на Русия са безсмислени Русия остава ключов играч в ООН и опитите да бъде изолирана политически нямат никакъв смисъл, заяви генералният секретар на НАТО Йенс Столтенберг в интервю, публикувано от норвежкия вестник „Дагтбладет“ в понеделник (28 септември). Същевременно според него ситуацията в Украйна продължава да играе определяща роля в отношенията между Запада и Русия, съобщи „Взгляд“, като цитира ТАСС. „Стратегическото партньорство между НАТО и Русия, което успяхме до голяма степен да изградим след Студената война, вече не съществува. (...) В същото време няма и завръщане към ситуацията от времето на Студената война“, отбеляза Столтенберг. „Русия остава постоянен член на Съвета за сигурност на ООН и винаги ще играе важна роля в ООН. Затова в изолацията на Русия няма смисъл“, заключава той. Столтенберг отказа да отговори на въпрос „трябва ли да се опасяваме от руска агресия» в Украйна, като заяви, че НАТО „в момента е съсредоточила вниманието си върху положителните аспекти на ситуацията“. Генералният секретар на НАТО също обърна внимание, че световната общност трябва отново да се опита да постигне политическо решение в Сирия. В същото време обаче подчерта, че да определя особеностите и ключовите детайли на подобно решение не е задача на НАТО. Столтенберг каза също, че Русия и САЩ трябва да обсъдят възможности за „конструктивно сътрудничество“ и необходимите мерки, за да се избегне „засилване на напрежението или опасни ситуации във връзка със засилването на руското присъствие“ на територията на Сирия. „Ако Русия има намерение да поддържа (президента на Сирия Башар) Асад, то това не може да се смята за конструктивно решение», уточни Столтенберг. „Ако Русия обаче има намерение да се присъедини към борбата на международната коалиция с терористичната групировка 'Ислямска държава', то това може да бъде конструктувен принос от нейна страна“. |
Когда выступление Путина было закончено, раздались бурные аплодисменты, плавно перешедшие в аплодисменты в студии одного из российских федеральных каналов. Ощущение монтажа осталось, также как и лизоблюдства «экспертов». В общем, пошло, как встарь «наш дорогой Леонид Ильич…». Посещението на Путин беше провал. Отиде, каза каквото имаше да казва, "зашлеви шамар на запада" и не постигна нищо от това за което отиде и за което драпа за среща с Обама от толкова време. Ушко го прие толкова отблъскващо студено че за целият свят стана ясно че е чист протокол, няма коалиция, няма обсъждане на санкции и Крим. Изолацията остава, Путин очевидно се надяваше на някаква широка /ръководена от него разбира се/ коалиция но никой с нищо не се ангажира. На постоянните му подмятания за съюзи и обединения отговаряха или с общи лафове или с мълчание. Асад остава непреодолима пречка, както прогнозирах - ритмични потупвания по рамото в стил "оправяй се сам". Сега Путин трябва да избърше осрания задник на САЩ в близкия изток, ако войната се закучи /а тя ще се закучи/ особено ако се наложи сухопътна операция /ще се наложи/ на Русия ще и е трудно имайки предвид сложната икономическа ситуация. На всичкото отгоре запада пак насъска Украйна и тя започва провокации в Донбас и Крим във възможно най неудобния момент за Путин. И така, той получи или възможността на живота си или достатъчно дълго въже да се обеси. |