Le Monde: Obama held back on Ukraine, Biden hesitated, now Trump embraces Putin
As Trump aligns with Moscow, European capitals brace for a new era of geopolitical uncertainty and strategic detachment.
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Putin has outlasted ‘cowardly and corrupt Western leaders,’ Skobov says
Since the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been obvious to all but the blind…
Russia needs the US as an enemy and as a supporter, Shevtsova says
During Mikhail Gorbachev’s first visit to Washington, Georgy Arbatov, the Soviet Union’s leading Americanist who was accompanying him,…
Putin’s Russia pursuing ‘survival by paradox,’ Shevtsova says
Putin’s Russia is “a unique case” in which a country is surviving by paradox, Brookings Institution analyst Lilia…
Putin using all means against the West – including Islamist terrorism – Piontkovsky says
Tragically, Andrey Piontkovsky says, Washington does not yet understand that Vladimir Putin is not and will not “struggle…
Western weakness, not Russian strength – key problem in Turkish crisis, Piontkovsky says
Vladimir Putin will continue to escalate the conflict not because he is strong but because Western leaders are…
Putin won’t get a new Yalta as West doesn’t need Russia to defeat ISIS
Russian propagandists and many in the West have been repeating the Kremlin’s mantra that ISIS cannot be defeated…
Kasparov on the breakup of Russia, invasion of Baltics and end of Putin’s regime
Only if he is facing the complete collapse of his regime, Garry Kasparov says, will Putin consider invading…
Obama’s ‘indecisiveness’ allowing Putin, Assad and Shiites to advance, Illarionov says
“The indecisiveness of the US leadership has given the armed forces of the Russian Federation the chance not…
Putin and Obama agreed on far more about Ukraine and Syria than they’ve acknowledged, Illarionov says
Neither the Russian nor the American side put out an official statement about the meeting of the two…
Putin’s New York fraud
Putin's visit to the US triggered a flurry of predictions. Some predicted Putin and Obama would at least find consensus on…
Obama-Putin meeting won’t be a disaster for Ukraine, Portnikov says
Many Ukrainians and their supporters fear that the upcoming meeting of US President Barack Obama and his Russian…
Putin convinced that whatever he does, Obama won’t respond militarily, Borovoy says
Vladimir Putin is acting in Syria as he has in Ukraine on the basis of his conviction that…
Putin prepares to launch major war sooner rather than later, Felshtinsky says
Given his economic problems at home and Western sanctions over Ukraine, many in the West have convinced themselves…
Today’s Molotovs not finding the new Ribbentrops they hoped for, Ikhlov says
At the end of 2014, Moscow commentator Yevgeny Ikhlov posted on Livejournal a comment entitled “Molotovs in Search…
Obama has sold out Ukraine to get deal with Iran, Illarionov says
President Barack Obama has sold out Ukraine in order to get Vladimir Putin’s support for a nuclear deal…
West still approaching conflict in Ukraine tactically rather than strategically, Shevtsova says
The West has been far more united and tougher about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine than anyone would have…
War in Ukraine, “red lines” in Syria and the Obama administration
Composed and forthright, Oleksander Zozuliak related the horrors of being mangled and then crushed under a Russian…
American Senators: Obama, Merkel, Hollande legitimize unprecedented dismemberment of European state
US Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement on developments in Ukraine on…
A question for President Obama – Then What?
On February 5, 2015, Terry Atlas, writing for Bloomberg News, stated “Washington policy makers are caught up in…