Section: US & Canada
Leonid Bershidsky: Ukraine gets a new government, same corrupt politics
When he resigned on Sunday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he was proud of his government’s achievements. They will, he predicted, be appreciated in due time. That may be so, but just now he is one of Ukraine’s most despised men, someone who failed to make the country more European but instead made deals with...
This Is How the Oil Crisis Has Impacted Military Spending
A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed that most of the world’s nations hiked their military budgets last year, marking the first increase in spending since the 2008 crisis. It seems that the only ones not taking part in this military spending hike are some of the world’s biggest oil producers....
U.S. Alliances: Trump Is Not So Stupid
At a recent news conference, President Obama called into question Donald Trump’s fitness for office by criticizing his policy stances on ceding living space to Russia as another great power and pushing wealthy U.S. allies to do more to defend themselves, so the United States wouldn’t need to continue to bear most of that burden....
Shooter Arrested for Attempted Assassination of Senior Scientist in MH17 Crash Case
Oleksandr Ruvin, a senior forensic scientist from Ukraine, was shot in the leg late in 2015 while leading the investigation on the Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 crash. Police have now arrested his suspected attacker, who claimed he was trying to assassinate him over the plane crash’s probe. In October of 2015, a report was published confirming...
New Leadership, Same Old Ukraine
Unpopular President Petro Poroshenko is consolidating power instead of pushing rapid change. …read more Source:...
Why Ukraine isn’t out of the woods just yet
Optimism over Ukraine’s economic prospects in the wake of the Prime Minister’s resignation are likely to be short-lived. …read more Source:...
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
What are the sources of the interminable wars throughout the world today? Why are militant Muslims terrorizing Europe and America? What has caused the turmoil in Ukraine? Is Vladimir Putin desirous of reigniting the Cold War? Does he represent a dangerous threat to the West as his predecessors in the Kremlin did? What role do our own politicians...
Ukraine awaits new government to fulfill promises of Maidan
Swept into office by the mass protests that deposed the Russia-friendly president two years ago, Ukraine’s new leaders promised that the country would soon be welcomed into Europe as a thriving new democracy. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine awaits new government to fulfill promises of Maidan
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Swept into office by the mass protests that deposed the Russia-friendly president two years ago, Ukraine’s new leaders… …read more Source:...
Donald Trump Challenges Washington’s Bipartisan War Lobby: Developing a Foreign Policy for America
Donald Trump has become this season’s campaign phenomenon. He’s broken all the rules. Yet he could become the Republican presidential nominee and maybe even president. GOP elites are in a frenzy. The Neoconservatives and ultra-hawks who have dominated Republican foreign policy for more than a decade are considering political treason....
