Section: US & Canada
The Week’s Most Interesting Reads
Let’s end America’s hopeless war for the Middle East. Andrew Bacevich calls for the U.S. to stop trying to remake a part of the world we don’t understand and shouldn’t be trying to change. Whose foreign policy is scarier, Trump’s or Cruz’s? Fred Kaplan compares the statements of the two leading Republican...
Breaking point: How Europe can still save itself
Daily life in Brussels after terror attacks: Police confront residents of the Muslim district Molenbeek after a police investigation sparked anger between residents and police. (Photograph by Timothy Fadek/Redux) As the list of deadly attacks grows longer, Europe’s great cities have had to improvise an iconography of grief and wariness. A...
The Case for Georgia Joining NATO
For most Americans today, Russia is more an annoyance than a threat. But if you live in Georgia, a small country on Russia’s southern border, the Kremlin remains a menacing presence. If the Russian bear becomes hungry, Georgia might be a morsel too tempting to resist. Georgia is the proud and independent descendant of ancient kingdoms...
Bill Clinton: “We Did Have Trouble, But Nothing Like This”
Former President Bill Clinton had some negative things to say about the current state of international affairs. While speaking at a rally at Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Clinton reflected on how things are now versus when he was in office. “We did have trouble, but nothing like this. Russia threatening Ukraine,...
NATO: No ‘Business as Usual’ Until Russia Respects International Law
Relations between the European Union and the NATO alliance have rarely been closer, a senior NATO official says, and never as important as they are now, as the West confronts complex challenges ranging from the Middle East and North Africa to Russia and the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign and defense policies. NATO’s deputy secretary...
Estonia to Host Record Number of U.S. Troops in Allied Drill
Estonia will host a record number of U.S. troops during the allied Saber Strike exercise this summer, BBC’s Ukrainian service has reported. The Estonian Armed Forces did not confirm how many U.S. troops would take part; however, they did estimate that over 500 units of U.S. military kit would participate in the exercise. Saber Strike will...
Ukraine on Fire
Activists are furious at Petro Poroshenko for not tackling corruption?while keeping offshore, tax-dodging accounts. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia Looking Into Possible Transfer Of Jailed Sentsov To Ukraine
The Russian Justice Ministry says it is looking into a request from Kyiv to transfer filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and three other Ukrainian convicts to Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch referendum rejects Ukraine-EU association pact
KYIV – Citizens of the Netherlands rejected their government’s ratification of the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement in an advisory, non-binding referendum held on April 6, giving the Russian government a symbolic geopolitical victory in its war against the Ukrainian state. About 61.1 percent voted against their government...
Ukrainian American walks across U.S. to raise awareness for Ukraine
PARSIPPANY, N.J. – With more than 250 miles behind her in her “Walk for Ukraine” cross-country trek across the United States, Maya (who requested that we keep her last name private) is raising awareness about the situation in Ukraine. She began her walk on November 21 at Front Royal, Va., and at her latest update […] …read more Source: The...
