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Ukrainian Ceasefire Lasts Hours; Putin Continues To Advance

The latest ceasefire in Ukraine is already coming apart, and it hasn’t even been a week. Russian-backed separatists continue to attack Ukrainian forces defending the strategic city of Debaltseve and show no sign of stopping. To no one’s surprise, Putin…

Western Heavyweights Intervene In Ukrainian Conflict; Looking For Another Diplomatic Solution

I was relieved to see reports earlier this week that the United States was finally considering arming the Ukrainians as they continue fighting off pro-Russian separatists in the East. There was the suggestion that we might have been able to…

Peace Talks Are In The Air At The NATO Summit, But Will Things Ever Change?

The NATO summit in Wales has begun and crisis in Ukraine is the main topic of conversation. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that he is seeking a “bilateral cease-fire” between Ukraine’s army and the pro-Russian separtists who have taken…

Putin Strikes Back With His Own Sanctions

It has been less than two weeks since the US and EU hit Russia with their toughest sanctions yet and Putin has responded with some sanctions of his own. Today, Dmitri Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister, announced that Russia would…

MH17, Israel invasion: Mr. Obama, abandoning our allies isn’t a strategy, it’s a disaster

“We have enormous input about this that points fingers,” Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “It is pretty clear that this was a system from Russia, transferred to separatists. We know with confidence that…

President Obama Defends His Foreign Policy In West Point Speech — But Where Do We Go From Here?

In his commencement address at West Point this morning, President Obama offered a defense of his administration’s foreign policy over the past six years and his vision for the future of American foreign policy. The speech comes on the heels…

Putin Is Sponsoring Sectarian Violence In Ukraine

Over the past few months much of the discussion about the crisis in Ukraine has concerned the implications of Vladimir Putin’s desire to turn Russia into a great power capable of challenging the United States and its NATO allies. To…

Unrest Flares In Ukraine Once More

After a few weeks of relative calm in Ukraine, yesterday brought renewed unrest in Eastern Ukraine. There were coordinated demonstrations by thousands of pro-Russian protesters in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Luhansk. For good reason, these protests have reignited fears in Kiev…

Inside Putin’s Short-term And Long-term Strategy

Just yesterday, Russian President Putin called John Kerry and said that he is now ready to offer a seemingly meaningful response to the American plan for Ukraine. This naturally raises the question of whether Putin is going to soon capitulate…

Putin Blames The US For Ukrainian Unrest And Reserves Right To Military Action

Though Putin has had his hand in the events of the last week in Ukraine, he actually hadn’t made any formal comments – until today. In an hour long, unscripted press conference in Moscow, Putin called the events in Ukraine…