Section: US & Canada
Why Trump’s Win Isn’t So Shocking: The 6 Year Global Crisis Of Political Legitimacy
Well, except for a few professors, a documentarian, a pollster, a cartoonist and a 2000 episode of The Simpsons, we all got it flat wrong. Billionaire Donald Trump will be the 45th US President from January 20, 2017. But wait a minute – is his victory really so shocking? Not at all. Yes, low voter turnout (millennials, where were you?), the...
François Fillon, the right-wing hard-liner who just won a major French election, explained
A hard-right politician, written off by pollsters and establishment pundits for month, rockets to the top of the polls in his party’s presidential primary. He vows to “conquer Islamic totalitarianism,” promises to clamp down on mass immigration, and calls for a closer relationship with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. When the vote is finally...
Donald Trump, who advocates closer ties to Vladimir Putin, says Cuba must improve its human rights
A stencil graffiti featuring Fidel Castro’s image says in Spanish “Fidel among us,” in an alleyway in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. (Credit: AP) In the aftermath of Fidel Castro’s death, President-elect Donald Trump issued the following tweet on Monday: If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban...
Ukraine’s Yanukovych Blames Radicals for Bloodshed During 2014 Protests
Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych on Monday blamed armed nationalist radicals for fomenting violence in the 2014 Maidan protests that led to scores of protesters being killed and ultimately prompted him to flee into exile. His testimony to a Ukrainian court via a video link from neighboring Russia was the first time Ukrainian...
Ukraine’s Yanukovych Blames Radicals for Bloodshed During 2014 Protests
Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych on Monday blamed armed nationalist radicals for fomenting violence in the 2014 Maidan protests that led to scores of protesters being killed and ultimately prompted him to flee into exile. His testimony to a Ukrainian court via a video link from neighboring Russia was the first time Ukrainian...
Keep the Future in Mind
Ian Bremmer Politics, Eurasia Trump’s wisest strategy is to stay out of Putin’s way as Russian power decays from within. Editor’s Note: The following is part of a multi-part symposium commissioned by the National Interest and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. We asked some of the world’s leading experts about the...
Put Russia into Context
Paul J. Saunders Politics, Eurasia The next administration must consider where Russia fits into its overall foreign-policy objectives. Editor’s Note: The following is part of a multi-part symposium commissioned by the National Interest and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. We asked some of the world’s leading experts about the...
Small Steps or Grand Bargains?
Angela Stent Politics, Eurasia Imagining what renewed U.S. ties with the Kremlin would look like. Editor’s Note: The following is part of a multi-part symposium commissioned by the National Interest and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. We asked some of the world’s leading experts about the future of U.S.-Russia relations under...
Wishful Thinking and Vital Interests
Graham Allison Politics, Eurasia America’s next leader should bear in mind the potential consequences of further alienating Russia. Editor’s Note: The following is part of a multi-part symposium commissioned by the National Interest and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. We asked some of the world’s leading experts about the...
Yanukovych Denies Giving Order To Shoot
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was accused of treason and conspiring with Russia after he fled from Kyiv in 2014, following widespread protests and their violent suppression. Speaking by video link from Russia, the former president denied giving the order to fire at demonstrators, and said that radical provocateurs were to blame....
