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Kerry: Russia a ‘significant contributor’ to progress in Syria
“Russia has been a significant contributor to the progress” the world has made on Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday in Moscow. U.S. officials have repeatedly criticized Russia’s intervention in Syria as “counterproductive” — designed more to bolster President Bashar Assad than to degrade the Islamic State. But the tone of...
Italy clarifies position on Russia sanctions
Italy’s foreign minister has indicated that Renzi will back an extension of EU economic sanctions on Russia when leaders meet Thursday. …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine, Europe’s West Bank
During a recent visit to France, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sent out a controversial tweet saying that terrorism is a “daily reality for Ukraine.” The tweet triggered vociferous condemnations for trying to tie Ukraine to the Paris tragedy, as well as essays and op-eds in the Ukrainian media defending Poroshenko’s comparison....
The battle for civilization is happening in Paris
On a recent trip to Paris just before that city’s most tumultuous month in years—one that began with terrorist slaughter and ended with Saturday’s historic 195-nation climate accord—I noticed that the hottest item being hawked on the streets was the “selfie stick.” Parisian street vendors carry bronze replicas of the Eiffel Tower and...
EU summit to hold ‘surprising’ Russia sanctions debate
EU leaders will, this week, on Italy’s request debate whether to extend Russia sanctions, in a step called “surprising” by Poland. Ukraine visa-free report may also be postponed. …read more Source:...
Obama officials are talking to Putin more than ever
An Obama administration debate about whether to engage Vladimir Putin or treat him like a pariah has tilted in the engagement camp’s favor—even as critics and some officials worry that it’s become too easy for the Russian president to get a stature-enhancing meeting with U.S. leaders. When Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Moscow...
Bouquet and brawl in Ukrainian parliament
Scuffles are not unknown in Ukrainian politics but they rarely involve flowers. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was interrupted during his annual address in the Verkhovna Rada Friday in which he appeared to suggest that the government was not responsible for tackling corruption. Oleg Barna — an MP and member of the President Petro...
9 things Europeans must know about Donald Trump
If you’re European, chances are you hate the idea of Donald Trump — and are utterly fascinated by it. The Republican frontrunner’s call to ban the entry of Muslims into the United States Monday swept across Europe faster than the Bubonic plague, sparking denunciations from prime ministers and presidents across the continent, and in...
The bizarre world of Jeremy Corbyn and Stop the War
LONDON — The world of the British far-left is a small one. A consequence of this is that the same old faces seem to continually pop up in its various incarnations. The Stop the War Coalition is a case in point. Initially a front group for the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party (SWP), Stop the War’s leading lights — Lindsey German (ex-SWP),...
Putin bogging down in Syria
As Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Moscow next week to meet with Vladimir Putin, U.S. and Israeli officials say Putin’s intervention in Syria is showing slower results than the Russian president had hoped, possibly making Putin more willing to cooperate with U.S. efforts to settle Syria’s civil war. Kerry has sidestepped the...
