Section: Foreign Policy (USA)
Bad History Doesn’t Make Friends
Kiev’s glorification of wartime Ukrainian nationalists threatens to turn away its Western allies — just when it needs them the most. …read more Source: Foreign...
Hacked: Putin Aide’s Emails Detail Alleged Plot to Destabilize Ukraine
Ukrainian hackers have allegedly stolen the emails of Vladislav Surkov. …read more Source: Foreign...
Is Russia Killing Off Eastern Ukraine’s Warlords?
After a string of brutal murders, Donbass leaders are worried that someone very powerful wants them dead. …read more Source: Foreign...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, October 17, 2016
To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Ian Bateson reports on the hard lessons Mikheil Saakashvili has learned since becoming governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region. Tom Ginsburg lays out the advantages of constitutional monarchy as exemplified by Thailand’s recently deceased king — and points out...
The Education of Mikheil Saakashvili
The governor of Ukraine’s bucolic Odessa region wanted to take on the corrupt system. Now he’s realized he has to work with it. …read more Source: Foreign...
Campfire Songs and Kalashnikovs
Welcome to the nationalist Azov Battalion’s camp for kids, where young Ukrainian patriots train for battle and sing songs about death to Russians. …read more Source: Foreign...
Ukraine Is Going to Be a Big Problem for the Next U.S. President
Between the country’s corrupt and foundering government, and an aggressive Russia immune to U.S. attempts to rein in its encroaching behavior, the next administration needs to take Ukraine off the back policy burner. …read more Source: Foreign...
SitRep: The Coming Mosul Insurgency; Russian Navy Sprinting For Mediterranean
The Next Snowden?; Russian Rubles in Ukraine; And Lots More …read more Source: Foreign...
SitRep: The Coming Mosul Insurgency; Russian Navy Ships Heading For Mediterranean
The Next Snowden?; Russian Rubles in Ukraine; And Lots More …read more Source: Foreign...
What Ukraine Can Learn From Germany’s Cold War Divisions
Post-war Germany once faced the same challenges Ukraine does today. Here’s how it beat them. …read more Source: Foreign...