Section: Foreign Policy (USA)
Russian-Backed Rebels Are Restarting the War in Ukraine
The “pincer” tank strategy has returned to the battlefields of eastern Europe. …read more Source: Foreign...
U.S. Aims to Hold the Line on Russian Sanctions at G-7 Summit
As heavy fighting rages on in eastern Ukraine, the United States plans to urge European allies to extend sanctions against Moscow as continued punishment for fueling pro-Russian separatists in their year-long battle against Kiev’s forces. …read more Source: Foreign...
Situation Report: Chinese drones and Russian paranoia; Congress angry over anthrax; and lots more
By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Let’s recap. With Iraq taking up so much of the national security bandwidth lately, some pretty significant events in Ukraine, Russia, and in the South China Sea haven’t received the attention they deserve in SitRep. But with Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Asia this week for the Shangri-La Dialogue...
Senate Hawks Want a FIFA President Who’s Less Into Russia
Their main complaint: Swiss-born Blatter’s support for Russia’s hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, “despite Russia’s ongoing violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.” …read more Source: Foreign...
Captured Russian Special Forces Soldier Describes His Unit Fighting in Eastern Ukraine
Kiev claims to have captured two Russian special forces members fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Foreign...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, May 18, 2015
To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Cameron Hudson warns that Burma’s vulnerable Rohingya people may face an existential threat. Josh Machleder argues that only truth — not propaganda — will beat back Russia’s misinformation offensive in Ukraine. Manuel Arriaga proposes revitalizing our...
Marco Rubio Is No Jack Kennedy – and We Don’t Need One, Either
Marco Rubio, the Republican presidential hopeful from Florida, opened his remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) earlier this week by quoting from the last speech President John F. Kennedy gave before his assassination. Kennedy had insisted that by making America stronger he had advanced the cause of world peace. By contrast, Rubio...
Situation Report: More on bombers to Australia; Chinese drones to Jordan; and European forces to Libya
By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson The flap over Down Under. The comments by a senior U.S. Defense Department official about American B-1 bombers and surveillance planes possibly being stationed in Australia have caused quite a stir Down Under, where defense officials maintain that “the official misspoke.” But neither Australian nor American...
Situation Report: B-1 Bombers to Australia; Carter appoints his guys; Israel finds odd allies; and more
By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Well, that’s news. Washington has big plans for stationing advanced weaponry in Australia, senior Defense Department officials say, in what would be a military first for the two close allies. During testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, the Defense Department’s...
Germany’s America Angst
Not since the end of the Cold War have U.S-German relations loomed so large in international affairs. Ongoing Russian intervention in Ukraine has been met with U.S. and European economic sanctions against Moscow. But Germany’s geographic proximity and commercial ties to Russia give Berlin and Washington different stakes in the...
