April 4, 2021 By Rick Rozoff viaNumerous statements by Ukrainian and Russian officials reported this Easter Sunday bode ill for hopes of diminishing tensions in Eastern Ukraine. Growing indications of impending intervention by the Pentagon and NATO make the situation […]

By Gabriel Gavin Via RT Driven by nationalist zeal in the wake of the 2014 Maidan and continuing political tensions with Russia, Ukrainian authorities are moving to erase more and more of the long shared history between the two East […]

Ukraine hasn’t started an inoculation program yet, while eastern regions allied with Moscow appear closer to getting shots. By Daryna Krasnolutska and Kateryna Choursina Via Bloomberg Europe’s effort to ramp up vaccinations to combat Covid-19 has opened the door to […]

America is trapped. It cannot abandon its current policy toward Ukraine without appearing to offer Russia an undeserved victory, yet it also cannot continue its current policy because it enhances internal divisions that stoke popular frustration and anger toward America. […]

By Boris Barabash At first glance, this is a simple question. The answer seems to lie onthe surface. But on closer inspection, it’s not so obvious. 1. The answer that immediately comes to mind is the people of Ukraine. Who, if […]

Obama State Department considered Konstantin Kilimnik a ‘sensitive source,’ Senate report now identifies him as Russian intel officer.

by Doug Bandow Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire. Should the U.S. be ready to go to war […]

By Gerald Sussman Gerald Sussman is professor of urban studies and international and global studies at Portland State University. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Propaganda Society: Promotional Culture and Politics in Global Context (2011). […]

By Moss Robeson The influential Washington-based U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) hosted a webinar on July 15 about a documentary about Vasyl Slipak, a famed Ukrainian opera singer who died in 2016 fighting alongside the ultranationalist Right Sector’s “Volunteer Ukrainian Corps” (DUK) in […]

The critical question to be asked is precisely what kind of relationship NATO envisions having with Ukraine. While the status of “enhanced opportunity partner” implies a way toward eventual NATO membership, the reality is that there is no discernable path that would bring Ukraine to this objective.