Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Needs the IMF’s Tough Love
If Kiev fails to reform, the fund should be ready to carry through its threat to cut aid. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Needs the IMF’s Tough Love
If Kiev fails to reform, the fund should be ready to carry through its threat to cut aid. …read more Source:...
Biden Urges Poroshenko To Quickly Establish Unified Government
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to quickly re-establish a unified government and carry out reforms sought by the West. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
No End to War in Sight
If you believed America’s longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not. Departing U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell says there will need to be U.S. boots on the ground “for years to come.” Making good on President Obama’s commitment to remove all U.S. forces by next January, said Campbell, “would put the...
Assertive Russia Looms Large At Annual Munich Security Conference
The war in Syria, the refugee crisis and Russia’s border-bending interference on Europe’s eastern edge topped the agenda as senior officials gathered in Munich, Germany, for a high-profile annual security conference. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Official Warns Of Worsening Rights Situation In Eastern Ukraine
A top OSCE official has warned that the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine is worsening and the transatlantic security organization is still barred from entering the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula to investigate alleged abuses there. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What Russian Orthodoxy Wants From Pope Francis
Nicolai N. Petro Society, Europe This week’s Havana Summit is a historic opportunity. Although the Patriarchate of Constantinople holds a place of honor among the fourteen canonical Orthodox Churches, it is the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), the world’s largest, that has emerged as the leading spokesman for Orthodox Christians. Its...
Two superpowers were responsible for a big chunk of last year’s increase in military spending
The 2016 edition of The Military Balance, the Institute for International and Strategic Studies’ definitive annual report on the state of the world’s various armed forces has some encouraging and not-so-encouraging news about global defense spending. On the one hand, growth in military spending is slowing down in the volatile Middle...
South Sudan President Re-appoints His Rival
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has re-appointed his rival Riek Machar as vice president, a decree said on Thursday, the culmination of a deal to try to end months of civil war in the world’s newest nation. The announcement returned the presidency to where it was soon before fighting erupted between supporters of the two men in...
Beyond Containment
NATO’s moves to bolster Europe’s defenses were a big step toward deterring Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. But meeting Moscow’s broader challenge to the West will require more than a military approach. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
