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    Senate Chairman Hits Attempt to ‘Undermine’ Subpoena for Diplomat Linked to Anti-Trump Document
    Aug21

    Senate Chairman Hits Attempt to ‘Undermine’ Subpoena for Diplomat Linked to Anti-Trump Document

    Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday accused his Democratic counterpart of trying to “undermine” efforts to subpoena a former Department of State official linked to dossier author Christopher Steele. Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said on Twitter that ranking Democrat Sen. Gary Peters was using “absurd process arguments...

    How Small Acts of Defiance Turned Into a Massive Movement Against Europe’s Last Dictator
    Aug21

    How Small Acts of Defiance Turned Into a Massive Movement Against Europe’s Last Dictator

    Sviatlana Haluza broke down on June 9. As an employee of Belarus’s state-controlled media outlet SB.by, she’d grown used to rewriting boilerplate propaganda mined from other state-controlled media outlets. But now her boss instructed her to recycle an item about the imprisoned opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanousky. Haluza had a...

    Will Fatal Moments Seal Autocrat’s Fate?
    Aug21

    Will Fatal Moments Seal Autocrat’s Fate?

    Autocrats fall when people lose their fear — and that moment can be signaled dramatically by a simple jeer. As it was last week when Europe’s so-called “last dictator,” Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, was booed during a speech at a Minsk factory by workers who chanted for him to step down.“Until you kill me, there will be no other...

    Ukrainian Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Resigns
    Aug21

    Ukrainian Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Resigns

    The head of Ukraine’s Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office says he has resigned after five years in the post. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    AP Interview: Ex-official urges transition talks in Belarus
    Aug20

    AP Interview: Ex-official urges transition talks in Belarus

    MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As a former culture minister and ambassador to France, Pavel Latushko is the most well-connected member of a new council established by the political opposition in Belarus to facilitate a transition of power amid massive protests challenging the continued rule of the country’s authoritarian five-term president....

    EU Sanctions Belarus Officials, But Lacks Leverage Against ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
    Aug20

    EU Sanctions Belarus Officials, But Lacks Leverage Against ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’

    As protesters continue to take to the streets in Belarus following a disputed August 9 election, Europe says it will impose sanctions on Belarusian officials it says were involved in vote-rigging and in the violent crackdown on opposition demonstrations.Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80 percent of the vote. The United...

    Why Putin Is Unlikely to Come to Belarusian President Lukashenko’s Rescue
    Aug20

    Why Putin Is Unlikely to Come to Belarusian President Lukashenko’s Rescue

    Another government friendly to Moscow is in trouble. As Belarus continues to be gripped by protests following rigged presidential elections on Aug. 9, many expect to see Russia’s Vladimir Putin intervene. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’ President for the past 26 years, certainly hopes Putin steps in to bail him out. He would be better...

    India, Ukraine set daily case records; Russia surpasses 16K deaths
    Aug20

    India, Ukraine set daily case records; Russia surpasses 16K deaths

    India and Ukraine reported record highs in daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday as Russia surpassed 16,000 deaths to the virus. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Who Has The Right Stuff?
    Aug20

    Who Has The Right Stuff?

    The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and ChinaMatthew KroenigOxford University Press, 2020, 302 pp., $30 Do democracies prevail over autocracies in great power rivalries? There can hardly be a more timeless—or timely—question. As the United States faces a Russian regime stoking...

    NATO resumes disposal of obsolete ammunition in Ukraine
    Aug19

    NATO resumes disposal of obsolete ammunition in Ukraine

    Ukraine’s NATO-funded disposal of old and obsolete ammunition resumed this week after the project was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the alliance said. …read more Source:: United Press...