Ukraine

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Divining Putin: What Russia is willing to do (or not) for its own interests

The further the Biden administration kicks the Ukraine issue down the road, the greater the chance for something to set it off.

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Heightening Tensions In Ukraine

The U.S. must make it clear that there will be no support if Kyiv launches a large scale military offensive.

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A Standoff: Why Russia and Ukraine Each Do Not Want to Strike First

Both countries have mobilized their armed forces for a potential escalation in the war in eastern Ukraine, but Moscow and Kiev both have reasons to hold off for now.

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Zelensky’s Ukraine, Where The Pandora Papers Hit Hardest

The global probe of offshore accounts around the world strike at the heart of Kiev’s current government and power structure of a ruling class that rose to power on the promise of fighting corruption, including the television-star-turned-President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Making Ukraine A NATO Member In All But Name

Despite the protests of allies such as France and Germany, the U.S. is pursuing an arrogant, unwise, and potentially very dangerous policy.

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Ukraine on My Mind

Since we keep hearing about the importance of linking Western values to foreign policy one wonders hoe the Washington’s and Brussels’ attempts to turn into enemies two Orthodox Christian nations closely linked by centuries-long family, religious, economic, and cultural ties correspond to these and or a larger scale Judeo-Christian values.

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‘The information war for truth’

Ukraine’s National Security Council is blocking popular (pro-Russian) news outlets. What does this mean for freedom of speech? viaSince early 2021, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has regularly resorted to sanctioning his domestic opponents. By law, both Ukraine’s president and National […]

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Ukrainian Media, Unplugged

On the eve of his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on September 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pulled the plug on three of his country’s television news stations—NewsOne, 112 and ZIK—accusing them of peddling “Kremlin-funded propaganda”. A veteran of the […]

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Ukraine: Washington’s Bellicose Security Client

Treating Ukraine as an ally creates serious and growing perils for the American people. by Ted Galen Carpenter viaHaving Ukraine as a de facto “ally” should make Washington increasingly uneasy. The United States has portrayed that country as a peaceful Western […]

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Billions from Biden: Ukraine expects a lump sum from US taxpayers this week but, after Afghanistan, the timing couldn’t be worse

By Tarik Cyril Amar viaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is finally set to meet his American counterpart, Joe Biden, in Washington. More than two years in the making and postponed even at the last minute, the stakes could hardly be higher […]