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    How to Misunderstand What Didn’t Happen
    Apr06

    How to Misunderstand What Didn’t Happen

    In the nearly-a-month since I last wrote here about Syria, not a great deal has changed. The “cessation of hostilities” has been partial at best, with regime forces consolidating gains and maneuvering for advantage around Aleppo and to the west of it, preparing for if and when the next round of fighting begins. Rebel forces, notably groups like...

    Russian Activists: Panama Papers Disclosures Surprise Few
    Apr06

    Russian Activists: Panama Papers Disclosures Surprise Few

    Russian state media continue to largely ignore the Panama Papers scandal, although a Kremlin spokesman has dismissed allegations of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s involvement in large-scale money laundering. Russia’s Channel One, the country’s flagship broadcaster, took nearly a full day before making even scant mention of...

    Panama Papers Revelations Have Only Just Begun, Investigative Editor Says
    Apr06

    Panama Papers Revelations Have Only Just Begun, Investigative Editor Says

    More explosive revelations will be uncovered in the Panama Papers, including the offshore dealings of hundreds of Americans, according to a lead editor of the nonprofit news organization that helped break one of history’s largest data leaks. The release of 11.5 million confidential documents from the obscure Panama-based law firm Mossack...

    Resetting the Reset
    Apr06

    Resetting the Reset

    Nikolas K. Gvosdev Security, Eurasia America’s next president will have to start all over with Russia. In recent weeks, I have had the honor to attend different daylong seminars convened to ponder Russia’s future under Vladimir Putin and the future of U.S.-Russia relations: a “Russia Experts Meeting” hosted by the Carnegie...

    Don’t Expect the Next Meeting of the Minsk Contact Group to Solve Anything in Ukraine
    Apr06

    Don’t Expect the Next Meeting of the Minsk Contact Group to Solve Anything in Ukraine

    James CardenThe conditions on the ground all indicate that the war is likely to grind on and on and on. …read more Source: The...

    How A Dutch Referendum On European Union Trade Could Send Ukraine Over The Edge
    Apr05

    How A Dutch Referendum On European Union Trade Could Send Ukraine Over The Edge

    Voters in the Netherlands are heading to the polls Wednesday to decide whether Ukraine is on the path to eventually join the European Union two years after a massive revolution turned the country away from Moscow and toward Brussels. But polls show that Dutch voters are not ready to embrace Ukraine as an ally. …read more Source:...

    Dutch Referendum Could Cause Trouble for European Union
    Apr05

    Dutch Referendum Could Cause Trouble for European Union

    A vote will test public opinion on a trade deal between the 28-nation bloc and Ukraine that the Dutch Parliament has already ratified. …read more Source: The New York...

    Panama Papers: Who Are The Real Victims Of Tax Avoidance and Evasion?
    Apr05

    Panama Papers: Who Are The Real Victims Of Tax Avoidance and Evasion?

    For as long as companies and individuals hide their wealth in offshore firms, developing countries will continue to lose money that could provide basic public services to help lift people out of poverty, experts say. On Sunday night, 11.5 million secret documents, alleged to be connected to Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, were leaked after...

    Ukraine president calls 1994 decision to give up nukes a mistake
    Apr05

    Ukraine president calls 1994 decision to give up nukes a mistake

    Ukraine’s decision to cave in to Russia by giving up its nuclear weapons in 1994 was a mistake, president Petro Poroshenko told Fox News in an interview that aired Monday. …read more Source: FOX...

    Iceland Prime Minister Resigns Amid Offshore Scandal
    Apr05

    Iceland Prime Minister Resigns Amid Offshore Scandal

    (REYKJAVIK) — Iceland’s embattled prime minister has resigned amid a controversy over his offshore holdings, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday as outrage over the accounts roiled the North Atlantic island nation. Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, who had denied wrongdoing, is stepping down as leader of the country’s coalition...