For individual “career” politicians, it can also serve as a guide as to which party and which party leader to prostitute themselves to – let not such issues as principle nor party ideology prevent such practicalities. As political power undoubtedly corrupts in Ukraine, then reluctantly (sarcasm...
MBK:As I see it, the task that Putin set for himself when he started the conflict in Donbas was to ensure that he had veto power over the foreign policy activity of Ukraine’s government. And he can achieve this goal either today by there being an open border between the two countries...
This week's news so far has focused on the worsening situation in the middle east, as western leaders appear to be accepting that there was from day one no way Ukraine could win its war with Russia and that since US and NATO leaders refused to allow Ukraine to negotiate a settlement ...
Distribution range: East Mediterranean, Balkan Peninsula, extending westwards to Italy and southeastern France, northwards to Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Transcarpathian Ukraine, eastwards to the Northern part of Asia Minor, the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Transcaucasia, and to the...
If American foreign policy is to succeed, it behooves those in the Trump administration to strongly tell Trump in a firm manner that Russian aggression such as the takeover of Crimea and attempts to do the same in Ukraine will be strongly opposed by the United States. That means a commitmen...