More: Ukraine
The Bully Brothers: Why the World should be Happy about a Fake Cold War
As America slowly immolates under the creeping self-implosion of a chaotic and possibly incompetent new presidential administration, it is time to take a step...
Should NATO and Europe seek to contain or cooperate with Russia?
Over the history, Russian-West relations have been distinguished with various kinds of factors. From the standpoint of the western policymakers, Russia has never been...
The curious case of a Russian hacking
Ever since Donald Trump won the elections, the Democrats who have been (or ‘were’) very magnanimous about the fact they would accept the election...
Russia self-trapped in Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two Russia-backed breakaway regions of Georgia were recognized by Russia as independent states following the Russia-Georgia war of August,...
NATO and Russia in the Baltic and the North Pole
NATO strategic response to Ukraine's annexation by the Russian Federation in March 2014 is currently focused on the forward defense of the Baltic countries,...
US Foreign Policy: Transactional or Value-Based
The 2016 elections presents a divergence in US foreign policy between the two major candidates. On one hand is the continuance of the status-quo...
The sanctions against the Russian Federation and Italy
For the United States and the now brainless Europe, initially the Russia-EU Summit in Sochi in March 2014 had been cancelled due to the...
The Russian military posture
The big parade organized on May 9, 2016 to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the USSR victory in the Great Patriotic War - as...
Putin’s Problems
There has been much to-do in recent months and years about what have appeared to many to be Vladimir Putin’s bold, aggressive moves in...
How International Sanctions Helped Putin at Home
The United States imposed sanctions on Russia in response to the annexation of Crimea and subsequent involvement in the war in Ukraine. The sanctions...