Tag Archives: world affairs

Video Proof Of Russian Military In Ukraine Emerges

08/26/2014 Published on Forbes.com
We’ve all known for months that Putin has been support the pro-Russian separtists in Eastern Ukraine, despite his denials. They had weapons, funding and ground support that couldn’t have come from anywhere but Moscow, but there was never obvious and…

Putin Strikes Back With His Own Sanctions

08/07/2014 Published on Forbes.com
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…

Could 2014 Be The Year Of The Independents?

07/04/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It might just be. There is a strong argument to be made that today looks much like it did three years ago when I studied the Occupy Wall Street movement. Americans are still dissatisfied, disaffected and discontent with the government…

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

05/28/2014 Published on Forbes.com
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…

Ukrainians Go To The Polls Tomorrow

05/24/2014 Published on Forbes.com
As Ukrainians go to the polls to elect their president tomorrow the result is not in much doubt: chocolatier and oligarch Petro Poroshenko will almost certainly be the next president of Ukraine. But what is in much graver doubt is…

Lacking Leadership On Ukraine — And Everywhere Else

05/05/2014 Published on Forbes.com
As of late, there have been a series of scathing criticisms of current US foreign policy, especially concerning our inaction in Ukraine. The Economist asked, “What would America fight for?” Unsurprisingly, the answer was far from clear. As the editorial…

Ukrainian Military Fights Back Against Russian Aggression

04/15/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It’s not just one sided anymore. Today, the Ukrainian military stormed an airport 25 miles north of Slovyansk, beginning what the interim Ukrainian president, Oleksandr Turchynov, called a military operation to confront pro-Russian militants in the eastern part of the…

Health And Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigns

04/10/2014 Published on Forbes.com
After holding tight to her position as Health and Human Services Secretary for five years, Kathleen Sebelius resigned earlier this evening. Sebelius became a household name in the fall for her role supervising the troubled rollout of the Healthcare.gov website…

As The G-7 Meets In The Hague, Russia Keeps Hurting Ukraine

03/24/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The thousands of Russian troops that are building up along the Ukrainian border are concerning to us all. In light of this aggressive move, the Ukrainian government has made it clear that they are prepared for all out war, even…

Protecting American Intellectual Property

03/21/2014 Published on Forbes.com
While the American public’s and the media’s attention has been focused on the seemingly endless cycle of political dramas that unfold every day – What has Russian President Vladimir Put got in store for Ukraine? How many people have signed…