Don’t Count on China to Help Ukraine
As the situation deteriorates in Ukraine, the United States and its European allies are looking for means to pressure Moscow, while recognizing that options—military or… Read More
IMF Package to Ukraine Should Include Real Economic Reforms
International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials beat the U.S. to the punch this week, arriving to discuss economic aid to Ukraine one day earlier than U.S…. Read More
Expelling Russia from the G8: Weak Symbolism and Absurdist Theater
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in calling for consideration of expelling Russia from the G8, the group… Read More
American Pastor, Family ‘Watch with Disbelief’ in Ukraine Crisis
An e-mail late yesterday from a pastor doing mission work near Kiev provides a window into the fear and hope among those watching Russian troops… Read More
Questions About Ukraine? Experts Discuss Live at Noon
While you were sleeping, Russian military personnel fired warning shots above the heads of Ukrainian soldiers in the Crimean peninsula. Additionally, Reuters is reporting that… Read More
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Obama and the Red Crayon
Lines don’t mean anything to President Obama. Domestically, he has no trouble stepping outside the lines of the law—even laws he championed—to suit his agenda…. Read More
Why Americans Should Care about Venezuela’s Fight for Freedom
While the uprising in Venezuela is getting lots less news coverage than the turmoil in Ukraine, the outcome is of equal importance — if not… Read More
DeMint: Obama Must Show ‘Global Leadership’ in Ukraine Crisis
Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint today called on President Obama to provide “global leadership” rather than “weak statements” in responding to Russia’s invasion of the… Read More
Ukraine and Russia: Here’s the Real Story
When Moscow tells us that their massive military maneuvers in Western Russia have nothing to do with what’s happening in Kiev it’s like the old… Read More
Ukrainians and Venezuelans Demand What Their Neighbors Have: Economic Freedom
The images flashing around the world of courageous freedom fighters in the streets of Kyiv, Caracas, and other cities and towns in Ukraine and Venezuela… Read More
The Protesters’ Cry for Freedom
The international scene in the past couple of weeks was supposed to be a smiling gathering of nations for the Olympics. That has been overshadowed… Read More
Putin Has Set His Sights on Ukraine
Last week, I visited Kiev’s Maidan — “Independence” square. It had something of a street festival feel, but there was also the sense that violence… Read More
Putin Displeased with Ukraine Distracting from Olympics
Job No. 1? Ukraine. You can only imagine Russian President Vladimir Putin is none too pleased about the civil unrest there — and the less… Read More
As Kyiv Burns, the Obama Doctrine Is Going Down in Flames
The Obama Administration’s lack of leadership on international crises has become so apparent that even The Washington Post is launching broadsides at the White House…. Read More
Here’s Why President Obama Is MIA on Ukraine and Shouldn’t Be
At least 25 were killed and hundreds wounded last night in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. 14 powerful images that capture violence of today’s Ukraine protests http://t.co/FWoJlZgcHQ… Read More
Heritage Takes the Message of Economic Freedom to Ukraine
The Heritage Foundation sought to bring a small measure of encouragement to Ukrainians this week as they continue their months-long protests for democratic and market… Read More
Ukraine: Despite Calm on the Surface, the Political Crisis Boils on Below
Last Saturday morning, a Ukrainian television journalist, Oleh Kryshtopa, awoke to find that his car had been set on fire overnight. Witnesses reported seeing three… Read More
Protesters in Ukraine Are Demanding Economic Freedom
The headlines coming out of Ukraine are tragic—and inspiring. Ukrainians are risking their lives and property for independence, a path to Europe, and freedom from… Read More
Lack of American Leadership Leaves Ukraine out in the Cold
Protests and unrest continue to grip Ukraine as citizens voice their strong opposition to policies pursued by President Viktor Yanukovych. These policies have drawn the… Read More
Q&A on the Crisis in Ukraine
The brutal dispersal of demonstrators in Ukraine last week led to dozens wounded—and a public protest movement which now surpasses the Orange Revolution of 2004…. Read More
Russia Should Drop “You Are with Us or Against Us” Mantra
Recently, several of Russia’s “younger siblings,” such as Ukraine and Moldova, finally got a chance to partially break from the Russian bear hug and opt… Read More
Tymoshenko Verdict May Push Ukraine Toward Russia
Today, a regional court in Kyiv has found Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister and leading opposition figure, guilty of “abuse of office” stemming from… Read More
Tymoshenko Arrest Hurts Ukraine, Benefits Russia
On August 5, Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister and heroine of Ukraine’s 2004 pro-western Orange Revolution, was arrested during her trial. Tymoshenko was in… Read More
Is Ukraine Falling Back into the Russian Orbit?
In a recent Daily Telegraph news report, Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister and opposition leader, has publicly declared that Ukraine’s national sovereignty is being sold… Read More
Russian Advances in Central Eastern Europe
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw (Radek) Sikorski was probably being polite when he described, in a conference call on Friday with U.S. policy experts, the U.S…. Read More
What Next After Ukrainian Elections?
The defeated Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has dropped her court case challenging the results from the February 7th presidential election. She had attempted to… Read More
High Stakes in Ukraine’s Presidential Elections
Much is at stake for Ukraine and the U.S. in Ukraine’s presidential elections, which are scheduled for January 17, 2010. Ukraine was a part of… Read More
Leaving Eastern Europe Out in the Cold
In January, amidst a particularly cold winter, Russia’s quasi-governmental gas giant Gazprom turned off the gas taps to Ukraine after the two sides failed to… Read More
Pipeline Threats to Europe?
Have Russia’s oil and gas replaced Cossack squadrons and tank divisions as the means to intimidate Europe? Will pipeline routes create new dependencies in the… Read More
Obama’s Rookie Blunder on Missile Defense Concessions
MOSCOW – President Barak Obama’s decision to abandon ballistic missile defense in Central Europe will encourage Iranian truculence and will not generate Russian good will… Read More
