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Obama and Putin: That was awkward
An awkward toast, sideways glances, a stiff handshake. Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin aren’t just geostrategic rivals. They are two guys who simply don’t like each other. That much seemed clear after Monday’s action at the United Nations in New York, where Obama and Putin sat uncomfortably together at a lunch, then met...
The West’s ominous ‘Ukraine fatigue’
KIEV — The Mystetskyi Arsenal is an imposing building that dominates Lavrska street in the center of Ukraine’s capital city. A former weapons arsenal built by Catherine the Great, it now houses a museum. But earlier this month it was the site of something more politicized even than Ukrainian art: the annual Yalta European Strategy (YES)...
Russia plays the Polish history card
WARSAW — It’s usually not difficult for a Russian to cause outrage in Poland by taking a poke at that proud but prickly country’s history — and that seems to be what Moscow’s ambassador in Warsaw may have hoped to do by suggesting that Poland bore some of the responsibility for starting World War II. What’s more surprising...
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[Ticker] Putin calls for global anti-IS alliance
Russian leader Putin at the UN Monday called for a “broad” anti-IS coalition, modelled on the “anti-Hitler” alliance in WWII. He blamed the West for destabilising the Middle East by toppling leaders in Iraq and Libya. He also blamed it for the “coup” and “civil war” in Ukraine. …read more...
[Ticker] China urges respect for ‘territorial integrity’
Chinese leader XI Jinping told the UN “big” countries should not “bully the small”. He said the “territorial integrity of all countries is inviolable and their internal affairs should not be subject to interference”. The remarks come amid debate on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and on international...
[Ticker] Poland calls for protection of Christians in Middle East
Polish president Andrzej Duda told the UN in New York Monday more must be done to protect Christian and Yazidi minorities in the Middle East. He alluded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by extolling the importance of rule of law in international relations, but didn’t mention Ukraine directly. …read more Source:...
Obama swipes at Putin, Cheney — and Trump
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. President Barack Obama took repeated swipes at Vladimir Putin, Dick Cheney and even Donald Trump, without mentioning them by name, in an address to the United Nations on Monday, holding them up as examples of forces playing off fears and attempting to pull the country and world backward. Putin was a particular focus for...
[Ticker] Obama ‘ready to work’ with Russia on Syria
US president Obama told the UN Monday “the US is ready to work with any country, including Russia and Iran, to resolve this [Syrian] conflict”. He didn’t mention Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Last year, he cited ebola, then Russia, then Islamic State, as the main threats to world security. …read more Source:...
[Feature] Obama-Putin handshake unlikely to end Western sanctions
Ukraine is worried an EU-US deal with Russia on Syria could end Russia sanctions, but Western diplomats say it’s not so simple. …read more Source:...
Dutch moves toward referendum on EU-Ukraine alliance
An anti-EU Dutch group says it has collected enough signatures to force the Dutch government to hold a referendum on the bloc’s association agreement with Ukraine. More than 451,000 people have signed a petition calling into question the deal that aims to strengthen political and economic collaboration between Brussels and Kiev. That number...
