Section: Bloomberg (USA)
Don’t Go Soft on Russia
Europe is struggling to deal with Russian manipulation in eastern Europe, and not just in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The EU Should Encourage Ukraine’s Aspirations
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko intends to prepare his country for European Union and NATO membership within six years. Some of his fellow East Europeans …read more Source:...
Biden’s Right to Be Scared of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Western allies should concentrate on helping it reform itself, not helping it make war. …read more Source:...
U.S. Weapons Aren’t Smart for Ukraine
Even assuming that Russia isn’t looking for compromise and will push forward until Ukraine collapses, U.S. arms for Ukraine are a bad idea. …read more Source:...
Putin’s Big Mistake
If Russian troops attack Mariupol, a city of 500,000 in eastern Ukraine, it could alienate Ukraine from Russia in irreversible ways. …read more Source:...
Merkel Is Playing Long Ball With Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dug in for the long haul, hoping Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia will collapse under economic pressure. But she’s also looking for a quicker solution to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Winter Is Coming to Ukraine’s Energy Supply
A scandal involving Ukraine’s South African coal imports shows up the incompetence, corruption and cronyism of the country’s government. …read more Source:...
Is Ukraine’s Crisis the West’s Fault?
It’s as though Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin were back at the negotiating table in Yalta, carving up Europe. …read more Source:...
Cows Vote as Putin Tightens Grip on East Ukraine
Pro-Russian saeparatists in Eastern Ukraine were allowed to hold their farcical elections because Vladimir Putin wanted them to be sure of his support. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Revolutionary No. 1 Goes to Parliament
The journalist who started the Maidan protests in Kiev last year is now a legislator struggling to find a way to do politics honestly. …read more Source:...
