Section: Foreign Policy (USA)
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns
After facing months of criticism for the slow pace of reforms and the abysmal state of the economy, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation on Sunday in a televised address. …read more Source: Foreign...
Low Turnout Gives Euroscepticism a Victory in Dutch Vote on Ukraine
Dutch voters cast their ballots against ratifying a European Union trade deal with Ukraine. …read more Source: Foreign...
Will the ‘Panama Papers’ Bring Down Ukraine’s Chocolate King?
Leaked documents have revealed a secret offshore company setup in Poroshenko’s name and not disclosed in his public income statements. …read more Source: Foreign...
Lost Souls from the Ukrainian War
Two years into the conflict, prisoners of war from both sides remain in limbo. …read more Source: Foreign...
The Race to Be Ukraine’s Next Prime Minister Is Heating Up
Ukraine’s two-month political crisis could finally be coming to an end. …read more Source: Foreign...
Russian ‘Kangaroo Court’ Opens the Door for Ukrainian Prisoner Swap
Captured Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko’s nearly two-year-long trial, which began in Russia after she was accused of murdering two journalists in eastern Ukraine, is over. But her ordeal is far from it. On Tuesday, a Russian court finished its two-day reading of a guilty verdict and sentenced Savchenko to 22 years in prison, opening the...
To Get Crimea Back, Ukraine Must Remember the Crimeans
Isolating the peninsula will only to work to Putin’s advantage. …read more Source: Foreign...
Crimea’s Forgotten Children Fight Back
Repressed by Russia and abandoned by Ukraine, Crimean Tatars have turned to a low-level insurgency campaign in a bid not to be ignored. …read more Source: Foreign...
Situation Report: U.S. warships in the South China Sea; Team Trump; North Korea rattles nukes; choppers for Jordan; rumble in the Arctic; story of Ukrainian hack attack; and lots more
By Paul McLeary with Adam Rawnsley Into the blue. The U.S. has sent aircraft carrier the USS John C. Stennis, along with a host of accompanying ships, into the disputed waters of the South China Sea Navy officials said Thursday. The carrier is being joined by two destroyers, two cruisers, and the 7th Fleet command … …read more Source:...
Detained Ukrainian Pilot’s Lawyer Lobbies Washington for New Sanctions
Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyers want the U.S. to punish Russia for its alleged show trial. But Moscow doesn’t look ready to bend. …read more Source: Foreign...
