The U.S., hooked on Russian enriched uranium, is in no position to impose long-term sanctions on Russia.
Sanctions Against Russia? Good Luck
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Europe & Central Asia
Looking Backwards, Pivoting Sideways
Washington’s past and present foreign policies are sustaining the fraught security environment in East Asia.
Sanctioning Russia Won’t Help Ukraine
Sanctioning Russia may actually reduce its incentive to change course in Crimea.
Crimea Joins Russia: What About International Law?
The deadlock in the UN Security Council combined with Russia’s disregard for Western approval have the U.S. and its allies stymied.
Trading Away Democracy
Far from simply removing tariffs, the proposed “free trade” agreement between the United States and the European Union undermines representative democracy.
Russia Still Addresses Conventional-Weapons Gap with U.S. Via Nukes
The U.S. once stationed nuclear weapons in Europe to counter Russia’s massive army; now Russia brandishes them to keep our conventional capabilities at bay.
If I Didn’t Have a Hammer
U.S. foreign policy is anything but demilitarized. But where the Bush team saw every problem as a nail, the Obama team wields more than just a hammer.
Once at the Forefront of Transition to Capitalism, Hungary Slips Back
Because it had already been experimenting with a mixed economy, Hungary’s transition to capitalism was less painful than other East-Central Europe communist states.
Seven Decades of Nazi Collaboration: America’s Dirty Little Ukraine Secret
An interview with Russ Bellant, author of “Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party.”
Ukraine’s Civil Strife Is Not about Language
Political divisions in Ukraine are more accurately explained by historic preferences and influence of the local elites than by language.