A history of the region’s relationship with Ukrainian rule before 2014 shows why Kyiv’s attempt to retake it would be so difficult.

Zelensky is entitled to dream of retaking the peninsula, but the Biden administration should firmly ground America’s Ukraine policy in reality.

Biden says Ukrainian missiles can’t hit Russia. Depends on where you think it is.

It is a time for cold realism rather than an outdated nostalgia for American exceptionalism.

Crimea continues to be calm and any move that could result in acceptance of the peaceful status quo will be either ignored or resisted.

This past April, it appeared as if Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for a full-fledged invasion of Ukrainian territory. As many as 110,000 Russian troops, alongside additional military trucks, tanks and other armored vehicles, were being positioned close to Ukraine’s border in what the U.S. and Europe described as a highly publicized attempt at Russian coercion. Fortunately, a military incursion never occurred.

By Paul Robinson viaIt’s said that, when asked why he had escalated America’s military campaign in Vietnam, US president Lyndon Johnson pulled down his trousers, whipped out his male member, and said “That’s why!’I have no idea if this is […]