Rice: Russia Must Improve Democracy for Better Ties
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Russia must do more to show it is  committed to "the basics of democracy" if it wants deeper  relations with the West, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  said on Saturday.
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Russia under President Vladimir Putin is a "one-man dictatorship" and he should do more to help the U.S. confront Iran's nuclear ambitions, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday.
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WASHINGTON, January 27 (RIA Novosti s Arkady Orlov) - A draft resolution on support for democracy and reform in Ukraine has been submitted to the US Senate, RIA learned in the Senate Foreign Relations ...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  lambasted Moscow on Monday for using its oil and gas wealth as  a "political weapon" and said democratic reforms would  strengthen Russia's ties with Washington.
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Spain and the United States will work more closely together to encourage democracy in Cuba, despite conflicting approaches to the communist state, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
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Russsia is "backsliding" on democracy  and the bloc must speak to Moscow frankly about it as an equal  partner, the European Union's incoming External Relations  Commissioner said Tuesday.
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"The secretary reiterated the US view that NATO should leave the door open to those European democratic states who meet membership requirements"  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed US support Wednesday for Ukraine's accession to NATO on Wednesday during talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. via Raw Story
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KABUL, Feb. 7 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during a visit here Thursday, said a "more coherent international approach" is needed in Afghanistan to build on what she described as significant progress.
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The EU must speak firmly to Russia which is "going back" on democracy, says the EU's new foreign affairs chief.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Europe Tuesday to put aside differences over the Iraq war and open a new chapter in relations with the United States to help it spread democracy worldwide.
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Nearly a year after she was ridiculed for calling a war in Lebanon "the birth pangs of a new Middle East," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is insisting democracy will come to the region whatever the setbacks.
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It is a step back from the road we hoped Russia will take to the direction of bigger transparency and democracy, said US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage after a meeting in Riga with Latvian Prime ...
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Russia is backsliding on democracy and the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Monday with Kazakhstan's foreign minister as the U.S. sought closer ties to the oil-rich country despite what critics call its disturbing backslide toward autocracy.
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Ukraine's opposition candidate for president said Friday whoever wins this weekend's election will enhance the nation's ties to Russia.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  seeks on Thursday to define a new tone for transatlantic ties,  offering compromise, common ground and a firm stand on the Iran  issue.
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Russsia is "backsliding" on democracy and the bloc must speak to Moscow frankly about it as an equal partner, the European Union's incoming External Relations Commissioner said Tuesday.