Tale of two diplomatic coups: Russia capitalizes on Iran’s unlikely triumph

By World Tribune on September 23, 2015   Africa / Europe, BB Africa, BB Top Story, Exclusives, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Mideast, Russia, Stateside, Syria, Terrorism, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The Western powers are being outplayed by adversaries with much weaker hands. VIENNA 1815: The great powers of Europe: Russia, Prussia, Great Britain and Austria, meet in Vienna with the representative of a France defeated, disarmed and occupied by foreign troops. That representative, Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, playing a […]