A perpective of the looming war in Ukraine
In refusing to accede to Russian demands to recognise its sphere of influence and halt th...
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In refusing to accede to Russian demands to recognise its sphere of influence and halt th...
The US used to produce experts on Soviet and Russian affairs like Jack Matlock. Today we get the likes of Michael McFaul. The decline of popular interest in Russian-area studies, combined with intellectual laziness on the part of the average US...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s well choreographed decision yesterday to recognize the independence of the pro-Russian Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original
<p>It's not necessary to accept Putin's nationalistic claims of historical unity between Russia and Ukraine, but it is necessary to understand them as the basis of Russian actions. </p>
Fifty years ago, Nixon brilliantly played China and Russia against each other. Today, a weak, directionless US recklessly antagonises both, cementing their dangerous alignment