Section: Foreign Policy (USA)
Why Ukrainians Are Speaking More Ukrainian
As the war with pro-Russian separatists grinds on, many Ukrainians are turning to the Ukrainian language as a badge of national self-identification. …read more Source: Foreign...
Ousted Ukrainian President: ‘I Supported the Ostriches. What’s Wrong With That?’
“Are you saying that the president of a country lived on the territory of someone else’s private zoo?” …read more Source: Foreign...
Situation Report: U.S. diplomat makes waves; Syrian trainees trickle in; Pentagon talker coming; SecDef off to Europe; FP making a difference; and lots more
By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Safe European home. Beloved in Washington, resented in Europe, Victoria Nuland has occupied an outsized presence in European diplomatic circles over the past several years, especially in the contentious debate over how best to help Ukraine fight off Russian-backed rebels holding swaths of territory in its...
The Undiplomatic Diplomat
Russia hawks on Capitol Hill love Victoria Nuland, the State Department’s point person for Ukraine. Many European diplomats feel the opposite. …read more Source: Foreign...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, June 15, 2015
To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Ievgen Vorobiov explains why the appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region has reignited a struggle inside the country’s political elite. Nafees Syed takes Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to task for failing to...
Situation Report: U.S. advisers to reach out to Sunni tribes; more violence in Ukraine; lawmakers speak out on anthrax blunder; war powers debate in Senate; and lots more
By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson The long game. There’s no timetable attached to the White House’s new plan for U.S. forces to identify, vet, train, and equip Sunni fighters in Iraq’s Anbar province to punch back against the Islamic State. And with that open-ended commitment comes the likely possibility that President Barack...
Ukrainian PM Blasts Separatists: ‘We Will Never Talk to Terrorists’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk rejected criticisms from Russia on Wednesday that the embattled government in Kiev is failing to work towards reconciliation with separatists leaders in Donetsk and Lugansk. …read more Source: Foreign...
Mikheil Saakashvili Launches His New Career as a Ukrainian Reformer
Mikheil Saakashvili’s surprising appointment as governor of Odessa has reignited the continuing struggle inside Ukraine’s political elite. …read more Source: Foreign...
What’s going on in Ukraine?
Adrian Boneberger offers some insights. …read more Source: Foreign...
Jeb Bush’s Berlin Speech Puts Putin in the Middle of U.S. Presidential Politics
Jeb Bush is in Berlin Tuesday to take the Obama administration to task for not taking a harder line against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meddling in Ukraine, highlighting Russian strongman’s emergence as an increasingly prominent figure in the 2016 presidential race. …read more Source: Foreign...
