Many people wouldn't know that former United States president Ronald Reagan's signature phrase "trust, but verify" is actually the translation of a Russian proverb - doveryai, no proveryai. Two decades into the post-Cold War era, Moscow wants to reclaim the self-contradictory phrase from the American repertoire and apply it to Russia's "reset" of ties with the United States.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

One of the first cables released by the website WikiLeaks was a May, 2009 cable regarding the delay of removing High Enriched Uranium (HEU) by the U.S. from Pakistan's Atomic Research Reactor-1 (PARR) near Islamabad. In 2007, the Pakistani government agreed to allow the U.S. to ship the unknown quantity of HEU back to the U.S.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from foreignpolicy.com

While President Obama presses the Senate to embrace a new arms control treaty with Russia, another nuclear pact with Moscow cleared its final hurdle on Thursday after more than four years with virtually no notice but potentially significant impact.

• Date: 10.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

The former Soviet republic of Georgia wants the United States to outline the steps necessary for it to join NATO.

• Date: 10.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chron.com

The results of the August 15-17 Eurasian Economic Community summit have potentially profound ramifications for the geopolitical contest in Central Asia involving the region's natural resources. The summiteers agreed to proceed with two projects

• Date: 08.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from eurasianet.org

It does not worth waiting for progress in the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program yet, Anatoly Tsyganok, the head of Military Forecast Center of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, said.

• Date: 08.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

When Toshio Koizumi heard Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited cold and windy Kunashiri island on November 1 he quivered with indignation.

• Date: 08.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

Chances to Stop Ahmadinejad Are Slipping Away

• Date: 07.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from associatedcontent.com