Seeing the unseen in Ukraine: Why is America sending arms?
Unnoticed by the West, ceasefire talks continue, even as the Pentagon ships weapons to a corrupt Ukrainian regime It is difficult to see into the running Ukraine crisis, just as it is in the Syrian case. This has long been…
Why Ukraine Will Get Its Debt Restructured
Push is quickly coming to shove over Ukraine’s $35 billion in government debt, $23 billion of which must be either paid or restructured in June. This is a must-watch for its wider implications. The question is stark: Who is going…
Ukraine’s Second Front: Obama and Kerry Are Now at War With Europe
The Obama administration appears to be spinning the Ukraine crisis out of control and doing serious damage to trans-Atlantic relations all at once. Tensions between Europe and the U.S. over how to address the year-old crisis in Ukraine have simmered…
Ukraine Starts Its March to Free-Market Capitalism
Ukraine watchers, to say nothing of Ukrainians, had better fasten their seatbelts. The passage of a former Soviet republic to free-market capitalism is about to begin. None of the players involved in this transition — the Poroshenko government in Kiev,…
Ukraine’s Election Poses Big Questions for the U.S.
Ukrainians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, and when the results are official, it is almost certain they will have a legislature with new faces and a confirmed tilt westward. That will surely please Washington and…
The Mess Obama Made on the Way to the So-Called Ceasefire in Ukraine
Assuming the ceasefire declared in Ukraine as of sundown Friday holds—and the early signs are favorable—we celebrate the end of a conflict that has claimed a startling 2,600 lives since it broke out in April. But not so fast. It’s…
What a Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Could Look Like
All eyes will focus this week on Minsk where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko. After coming close to armed confrontation over the aid-laden convoy Russia sent into Ukraine’s eastern region last week, the encounter…
Propaganda ministers, all of them: Our pathetic, spoon-fed media pushes half-truths, again
You can’t separate MH-17 debate from Ukraine debate. Washington wants to, and a compliant media helps — as always I would like to meet Anastasia Lukina. No, not because of the elegant name. I have two better reasons. Lukina is…
Let Europe Do the Heavy Political Lift with Putin
“It’d be unwise to say, well, the Russians did it, or the Ukrainian government did it, or the rebels did it.” That is none other than Ron Paul, the former presidential candidate from Texas, talking to Newsmax TV Friday, hours…
Cold War By Other Means
Ukraine: the Crisis in Context It is never easy to see the present as history: Being inside events, being the stuff of which events are made, makes distance and the perspective that comes of it difficult. It is not a…
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