The possibility of an unprecedented breach in transatlantic relations came after Trump – who embraced anti-E.U. insurgents during his campaign and following his victory — said in weekend remarks that the 28-nation European Union was bound for breakup and that he was indifferent to its fate. He also said NATO’s current configuration was “obsolete” even as he professed commitment to Europe’s defense.

Und warum Astana, die Hauptstadt Kasachstans? Kasachstan gilt als enger Verbündeter Russlands in der Eurasischen Union und ist insoweit auch solidarisch mit den Interessen der russischen Regierung. Kasachstans Präsident Nursultan Nasarbajew wird in der muslimischen Welt akzeptiert und insoweit hat das Land Kasachstan auch eine positive Wirkung auf die Gespräche, die bis zum 23. Januar spannend bleiben werden.

Rebel groups took the decision at meetings that are underway in Ankara, and are now working to form a delegation that will be different to one sent to peace talks in Geneva last year by a Saudi-backed opposition group.

„I would not say anything about the invitation specifically, Astana is being prepared, the meeting is being prepared, this is a very complicated process,“ Peskov added.

(13.1.2016) The invitation, extended to Trump’s designated national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, came in a Dec. 28 phone call to Flynn by Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador in Washington, according to a transition official.

The official said that “no decision was made” during the call and that “I don’t have anything additional on U.S. attendance at this time.”

„Deshalb läge es derzeit im Interesse von Russland und Syrien, das Land selbständig und möglichst schnell von den IS-Kämpfern zu säubern“, so die Meinung von Sotnitschenko.

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„What I do find outrageous is equating the intelligence community with Nazi Germany. I do take great umbrage at that, and there is no basis for Mr. Trump to point fingers at the intelligence community for leaking information that was already available publicly,“ Brennan said.

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Officials have said they felt the president-elect should be aware of the memos, which had circulated widely in Washington. But putting the summary in a report that went to multiple people in Congress and the executive branch made it very likely that it would be leaked.

Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world‘s population, Oxfam said on Monday in a report calling for action to curtail rewards for those at the top.

The richest are accumulating wealth at such an astonishing rate that the world could see its first trillionaire in just 25 years. So, you would need to spend $1 million every day for 2738 years to spend $1 trillion.

The U.S. population is led from one hysteria to the next, now transitioning from the Global War on Terror to the New Cold War with Russia, a fearful madness that is infecting the collective psyche, says Michael Brenner.

“It’s important to listen to the populists, and actually we have several sessions where we deal with these issues, and we have representatives of populist parties here with us,” Schwab said Sunday. “We have to take it [populism] seriously.”

For a forum that strives to take the pulse of the world each year and produce “a real hub of a global discussion,” Schwab said “it would be soundly unrealistic and far from realities if we did not integrate the concerns of populists very much into our own deliberation.”

Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the rise of populism have left the world‘s „liberal elites“ reeling. Can Davos, their ideological habitat, survive?

„Die Situation in der Welt wird immer verwirrter, die Rivalität um die Führungsrolle und um Ressourcen immer härter“, sagte der Verteidigungschef am Donnerstag auf einer Konferenz in Moskau.

„Die führenden Staaten haben keine einheitliche Vision von der Weltordnung“, so Schoigu.