by Anton Moyseyenko | Mar 17, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
Russian officials have given one principal justification for intervening in neighboring Ukraine: their supposed responsibility to protect Ukraine’s Russian-speaking population. Russian president Vladimir Putin explained as much to U.S. president Barack Obama...
by Stephen Zunes | Mar 13, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
It’s been interesting to observe the large numbers of people who suddenly think they’re experts on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine—both those on the left who blame it on Obama for intervening too much and those on the right who blame it on Obama for not intervening...
by John Feffer | Mar 5, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. The Cold War is history. For those growing up today, the Cold War is as distant in time as World War II was for those came of age in the 1970s. In both cases, empires collapsed and maps...
by Conn Hallinan | Mar 4, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. The April 6 rally in Cherskasy, a city 100 miles southeast of Kiev, turned violent after six men took off their jackets to reveal T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Beat the Kikes” and...
by John Feffer | Feb 26, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
In the end, the street triumphed over the elite. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych tried to hang on to power, and failed. Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to maintain Russian influence, and failed. The EU tried to mediate, and failed. And the United States...
