Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian President Mulling Candidates for Prime Minister
Ukraine’s president is considering the country’s finance minister as a possible replacement for embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk amid talks to end a drawn-out political crisis.President Petro Poroshenko’s spokesman, Svyatoslav Tsegolko, said Monday on Facebook… …read more Source:...
The ‘Credibility’ Argument Isn’t Credible
Stephen Sestanovich offers up a remarkably bad defense of the importance of “credibility”: A great power values credibility so opponents know not to challenge its interests. That’s why Susan Rice, his own national-security adviser, said the damage done by backtracking on the “red line” would be severe. Has it been? Obama says no, but surely...
Russia Looks to Off-Load Lethal New Frigates to India
Dave Majumdar Security, “We’re holding talks on the possibility of selling these frigates to the Indian side.” Russia is hoping to sell three of its six planned Project 11356-class frigates to India. Moscow is hoping to rid itself of those ships because of their Ukrainian-built engines. The Russian Navy commissioned the first Project...
Flattop Faceoff: China’s Pride vs. America’s Arrogance
Peter Navarro Security, Asia Is Beijing’s aircraft carrier something to be concerned about? In Defense Report, Stewart Webb writes, “Anonymous sources within the U.S. Navy’s senior command have revealed that the U.S. is not concerned over any immediate threat from the introduction of China’s latest aircraft carrier in the...
Ukrainian president mulling candidates for prime minister
Ukraine’s president is considering the country’s finance minister as a possible replacement for embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk amid talks to end a drawn-out political crisis. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian President Mulling Candidates for Prime Minister
Ukraine’s president is considering the country’s finance minister as a possible replacement for embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk amid talks to end a drawn-out political crisis …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian president mulling candidates for prime minister
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s president is considering the country’s finance minister as a possible replacement for embattled Prime Minister… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s President Sees Finance Minister, Lviv Mayor As Potential New Prime Minister
Ukraine’s president sees Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi as possible candidates to take over as prime minister. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Obama Administration’s Drone-Strike Dissembling
Lucas Jackson / ReutersAs a frequent critic of the Obama administration’s foreign policy, I found Jeffrey Goldberg’s excellent interview a useful reminder that, for all my misgivings about the Iraq War hawks that Barack Obama elevated, his persecution of whistleblowers, his decision to assassinate an American without due process, and...
Polish Minister Suggests 2010 Plane Crash Was Act of Terrorism
Poland’s defense minister is coming under criticism for suggesting that the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Poland’s president was an act of terrorism perpetrated by Russia. Official investigations by Poland and Russia have determined that the crash that killed Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other top officials was an accident...
