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Ukraine Gets A Bailout — Still Needs More Support

03/14/2015 Published on Forbes.com
Far from the scandals of Hillary Clinton’s Emailgate and the hoopla surrounding Senate Republicans’ “Iran letter,” the crisis in Ukraine continues to boil. Yet even the most ardent news junkies could be forgiven for being under informed on the subject—…

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

02/05/2015 Published on Forbes.com
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…

Progress In Ukraine While Russia Continues Incursion

01/27/2015 Published on Forbes.com
Last week in Davos, thought leaders and interested parties gathered to discuss a total overhaul of Ukrainian society, with particular focus on increasing transparency, stamping out bureaucracy and corruption as well as promoting efficiency and Western practices. For a country…

Russian Backed Separatists Shatter ‘Day Of Silence’ With Ukraine

12/10/2014 Published on Forbes.com
In what can be best described as an up and down battle since the ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine was negotiated in September, pro-Russian separatists violated this week’s “day of silence” that was agreed upon as a step towards…

Defense Nominee: Ashton Carter terrific choice but will Obama listen to him?

12/05/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The most important appointment President Obama will make for the rest of his time in office is the next secretary of defense. For the next two years, every major foreign policy problem he faces will be contentious, and largely a…

Russian Forces Moving Into Ukraine

11/13/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Earlier this week, I relayed an account from a colleague about the situation in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in Western Ukraine that is now feeling the effects of the violence between Ukrainians and pro-Russian separatists that had, until recently, been largely…

President Obama is a fantastic success

09/05/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Well, I guess it depends on your definition of success. I’ve argued for years now that my Columbia University classmate, Barack Obama, has a very different definition of “success” than patriotic Americans who love God, country, capitalism and American exceptionalism.…

Ukraine Set To Receive Humanitarian Aid From Russia, But To What End?

08/12/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Earlier today, Russia dispatched 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine. Television images showed a long line of tractor-trailers stretched along a road. A Russian Orthodox priest was shown sprinkling the trucks with holy water before their departure. And…

President Obama Announces Tougher Sanctions On Russia In Press Conference

07/29/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Brace yourself European companies – you may be taking a hit. Twenty-eight European national ambassadors met this morning in Brussels to discuss the harshest sanctions yet aimed at the Kremlin. The European Union—Russia’s largest trading partner—is expected to move as…

Memo to Obama White House: The new normal isn’t ‘tranquility,’ it’s terror

07/23/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Last week, before a Russian-made surface to air missile shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine and before Israel began ground combat operations against Hamas in Gaza, Fox News correspondent Ed Henry asked White House spokesman Josh Ernest…