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      The Negative Consequences of Putin’s Strategy
      Dec13

      The Negative Consequences of Putin’s Strategy

      It has become an accepted line of thought that Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing chess on the international stage while the majority of Western leaders play checkers. His high-profile appearances among other world leaders at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires and the centenary of the end of World War I in Paris were noted by some as more...

      It’s Time to Stop Appeasing Putin – Here’s How to Deter the Emboldened Russian President
      Dec01

      It’s Time to Stop Appeasing Putin – Here’s How to Deter the Emboldened Russian President

      MUNICH – There are few better places in the world than here to reflect on the need to end Western appeasement of Vladimir Putin and his growing list of international crimes. The latest was last Sunday’s Russian attack on Ukrainian naval vessels in the Black Sea — and its purpose of asserting Kremlin control over its still-sovereign...

      Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin
      Nov29

      Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin

      ‘Better no meeting than a bad one,’ says the Atlantic Council’s Daniel Fried Hours after the Kremlin confirmed a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald J. Trump on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on December 1, the US president cancelled the appointment with his Russian counterpart citing the continued...

      The West Has an Opportunity, Yet Again, to Push Back Against Russia
      Nov28

      The West Has an Opportunity, Yet Again, to Push Back Against Russia

      In August of 2008, Russia used separatist proxies in South Ossetia to attack Georgian villages near the city of Tskhinvali. The attack provoked a Georgian military response, which Moscow used as a pretext for a largescale invasion and occupation of Georgian territories. Russia did not embark on that military adventure simply to occupy Georgian...

      Is Another Trump-Putin Meeting a Good Idea?
      Nov28

      Is Another Trump-Putin Meeting a Good Idea?

      US President Donald J. Trump is expected to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Buenos Aires later this week. Is that a good idea in light of Russia’s latest aggression toward Ukraine and the somewhat stymied success of past meetings between the two leaders? In an interview with The...

      Beware the Lure of Sanctions for Russia’s Latest Aggression
      Nov27

      Beware the Lure of Sanctions for Russia’s Latest Aggression

      It’s Monday, which means that Russia is again antagonizing its neighbors to the west. But instead of little green men, Wagner “private” security forces, or Russian regulars acting under another flag, this time the FSB—Russia’s internal security service—openly fired upon and captured three Ukrainian naval vessels attempting to traverse...

      Another Ukraine Crisis Tests US Resolve
      Nov27

      Another Ukraine Crisis Tests US Resolve

      The seizure by Russian forces of three Ukrainian naval vessels near the Sea of Azov on November 25 highlights Moscow’s strategy of broadening its “creeping annexation” beyond Ukraine’s land borders and into the Black Sea. Russia’s refusal to abide by agreements providing Ukraine rightful passage and access to the Sea of Azov is...

      An Opportunity for the EU to Give Ukraine a Helping Hand
      Nov27

      An Opportunity for the EU to Give Ukraine a Helping Hand

      Russia’s attack on Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait and the blockade of the Sea of Azov threaten a dangerous escalation of the war in Ukraine. As before, Russia’s goal in Ukraine is not so much to hold or conquer territory but to demonstrate that it has the capacity to put further pressure on the Ukrainian government with impunity,...

      Russia-Ukraine Feud Heats Up the Sea of Azov
      Nov25

      Russia-Ukraine Feud Heats Up the Sea of Azov

      Tensions between Ukraine and Russia dramatically escalated on November 25 with Kyiv saying a Russian coast guard vessel rammed one of its navy tugboats in the Sea of Azov, while Moscow shut off access to the sea accusing Ukrainian vessels of passing through its territorial waters without permission. Anders Åslund, a resident senior fellow in the...

      Remembrance Day of the Holodomor (Famine Genocide) 1932-33 years
      Nov24

      Remembrance Day of the Holodomor (Famine Genocide) 1932-33 years

      25.11.2017 takes place Holodomor Remembrance Day of the Holodomor 1932-33 years. During it were murdered nearly 10 million Ukrainians. Holodomor (Famine Genocide) was a man-made famine in Ukraine that was a part of Soviet Union and ethnically Ukrainian areas near the East Ukrainian borders in 1932 and 1933. Holodomor is death by hunger, famine,...