remarks when they ran against each other in the 2012 presidential election and suggested the ouster of the pro-Russian government in Ukraine … about the threat posed by Russia was wrong, in light of the fact that Russia has now effectively seized control of the Crimea from Ukraine…
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Thus, Ukraine was passing laws in parliament that were designed to meet a lengthy list of demands from Brussels before Ukraine could … He offered what Ukraine needed and couldn’t reject. … Ukraine relies on Russia for its natural gas, despite clever efforts by Europe to reimport gas to Ukraine on the cheap.…
over religion, or Nazis and Communists fighting over who can kill people and economies better, people have been fighting over Ukraine … There are many reasons that we should care about what happens to Ukraine. … Many Americans, from various points on the political spectrum, don’t see the strategic or tactical importance of the Crimea or Ukraine…
on unserious topics, the nations of the world continue to jockey for national interest and Kremlin tanks continue pouring into Ukraine … China may soon risk war with Japan over some islands and Russia, knowing the West will do nothing to stop it, has invaded Ukraine.…
Sarah Palin for predicting that Barack Obama’s displays of weakness and softness would set the stage for a Russian invasion of Ukraine … article started circulating on twitter the other day, he tweeted sarcastically, “Yes, Twitter, Sarah Palin totally called this exact Ukraine…
It is not Russia versus the United States, Russia v Europe, this is about the people of Ukraine, the people of Ukraine are who initiated … At this rate, the Russians are poised to ‘weakness’ their way across roughly two-thirds of Ukraine…
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: On … the one hand, the situation in Ukraine has a remarkable lack of white-hats involved and the American people probably wouldn’t support…
Eastern Ukraine seems in line to be made into a region where Russian troops will ensure the rights of ethnic Russians. … s treatment of its large ethnic Russian minority, comparing language policy in the Baltic state with what it said was a call in Ukraine…
They continue to set the tone in Ukraine to this day. … Smart money says that Ukraine opposition goes away. … We can expect more of the behavior he demonstrated in Ukraine.…
Ukraine, not a NATO member but a participant in the NATO Partnership for Peace program, was invaded by Russia. … The results of that referendum were used by Russia to annex a part of Ukraine. … Calling the Ukraine situation “extraordinary,” he charged that Ukrainian “ultranationalists,” supported by the U.S.…
That body’s members already had indicated they wanted to do so before the vote, and declared Crimea’ independence from Ukraine after … He has studied how wording has influenced Ukraine-wide referenda by swaying voters without strong opinions. … The latest reputable polls in Crimea showed that just 40 percent of Crimeans wanted Ukraine to integrate with Russia, yet 97 percent…
From the Wall Street Journal, Ukraine Region Votes to Join Russia:
American officials realize that they misjudged Mr. … The imminent annexation of Crimea from Ukraine will present the United States and the world with an interesting set of facts. … They included three Russian military commanders in Crimea and districts bordering on Ukraine.…
There is an op-ed in the Washington Post by Mark Kramer, director of the Project on Cold War Studies at Harvard University, making the rounds today titled Five myths about the Cold War.
Like so many “Myth” themed pieces it is combination falsehoods and fields of burning straw men. Some...
As I noted earlier, Senate Democrats have attached to the Ukraine bill an IMF bailout that will weaken our power on the international … He is sending a letter to Senate colleagues urging them to oppose this rider to the Ukraine loan bill.
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Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a bill to authorize loan guarantees for Ukraine, similar to the bill that … The loan guarantee bill doesn’t directly increase spending; rather it adds Ukraine to the list of countries eligible for Economic Support … It cannot pass the House, and the Ukraine bill is not a must-pass bill. …
Millions of Russians were trapped in those new lands, most of them in Ukraine. … After the breakup of the Soviet Union, it became part of the new Ukraine. … Ukraine will be divided into three autonomous regions: Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and Western Ukraine.…
“I don’t think it behooves us to tell the Ukraine what to do. … I’m not excited about saying ‘hey, let’s put the Ukraine in NATO’ to rub Russia’s nose in it.” … Economic incentives align against Russian military involvement in Ukraine.…
Putin’s economic adviser between 2000 and 2005 and now senior member of the Cato Institute think tank, said that “parts of Georgia, Ukraine … Ukraine, Finland and many others are on their own and in a really bad neighborhood……
In light of what is happening at the moment in Ukraine, I feel reinforced in my initial intuition: It is crazy for the West to turn … And to get started, we should propose to Ukraine – provided it remains what it is – a bridge between the two Europes, for each other…
