... explaining the poor relationship at the moment with Russia. There seems to be an element of purposeful ... ... more than just gossip and hearsay. Worse, American media and political analysts adopted it almost wholly ... ... inevitably always be a threat to U.S. interests and global security. By all indicators, Russia is a threat not ... ... statements were uttered before the 2014 crisis in Ukraine even broke out. So before the U.S. Congress ... ... squarely pessimistic and adversarial in its attitude toward Russia as the Republicans. Indeed, in today’s ...
New sanctions were levied against Russia on July 16th by both the United States and the European Union. America has taken the lead in explaining the sanctions, claiming continued unrest in Eastern Ukraine is primarily because of tacit Russian support behind-the-scenes. This new round is a bit broader than the original sanctions ... ... show pro-Russian rebel forces weakening, the concern in the West is that they will try to hunker down for ‘extended urban warfare.’ The irony of course is that the force in Eastern Ukraine so far responsible for hitting civilian buildings, incurring ...
... problems was far easier than actually solving them. In that I suspect Ukraine will be no different, no matter how many elections, reforms,... ... way or another. In the Maidan revolution this was not the case: Russia was very much interested in the long-term geostrategic consequences ... ... consequences. To this day you will be hard-pressed to find much Western media/academic coverage analyzing or considering legitimate Russian ... ... obvious going back two months that they were completely caught unaware and off-guard that anyone on the outside would have words ...