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Seeing the unseen in Ukraine: Why is America sending arms?

Seeing the unseen in Ukraine: Why is America sending arms?

December 31, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

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…

The New York Times “basically rewrites whatever the Kiev authorities say”: Stephen F. Cohen on the U.S./Russia/Ukraine history the media won’t tell you

The New York Times “basically rewrites whatever the Kiev authorities say”: Stephen F. Cohen on the U.S./Russia/Ukraine history the media won’t tell you

April 16, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

There’s an alternative story of Russian relations we’re not hearing. Historian Stephen Cohen tells it here It is one thing to comment in a column as the Ukrainian crisis grinds on and Washington—senselessly, with no idea of what will come…

Saving Ukraine: Why the IMF’s Bailout May not Work

Saving Ukraine: Why the IMF’s Bailout May not Work

February 16, 2015 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Could last week’s ceasefire in Ukraine, announced in Minsk Thursday after 17 hours of negotiation, have been any more dramatic? The German and French leaders, who presided in the Belarus capital, leapt into 11th hour action when Washington disclosed it…

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