Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Trump’s Russia Policy: a Rough Draft
Now that President Donald J Trump has been sworn in, it is time to clear the air concerning Russia. It will take an effort by Congress and the intelligence community. What Russia did during the election campaign is likely to be the subject of a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation and an intelligence community probe. The time for lessons...
Nikki Haley Tells US Congress: The UN Does Matter
Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the United States ambassador to the United Nations, appeared in a confirmation hearing on January 18 lasting more than three hours in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She introduced herself in an address to members that was both autobiographical — the daughter of...
Ukraine: Reflections on Maidan’s Third Year Anniversary, Youth Culture and Bernie Sanders
Two years ago, during my first research trip to Kyiv, I had the honor of meeting one of Maidan’s most dedicated youth activists, Denis Pilash. A post-graduate student at Kiev National University, Pilash hails from the western region of Transcarpathia and helped to spearhead left politics on the Maidan. Not to be confused with the old,...
The Role of Luck, Accidents and Misjudgments in Wars and Politics
Many factors are cited to determine the outcomes of key turning points in wars and politics–economics, military capacity, geography, demography and leadership, to cite only a few. But, there is another factor less often cited: the role of luck, accidents and misjudgments. These factors are not easily calculable but helped determine many...
Foolish GOP Warmongers want to Make Russia the Enemy: It isn’t the Soviet Union Reborn
No position taken by President-elect Donald Trump more upsets leading Republican legislators than his desire to reconcile with Russia. GOP propagandists routinely assert that 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney was right when he declared Russia “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” Perhaps in Neoconservative nightmares. But...
A Change in the Law Will Help Russian Domestic Abusers Get Off Scot-Free
Image: Domestic violence. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com When the Soviet Union fell apart in the early 1990s, many who had chafed under the Communist system’s lack of freedoms hoped for the dawning of a new day. A sizable chunk of women hoped that the fall of the Soviet system would give them better opportunities and usher in legislation to...
What A Trump Presidency Means For Europe’s Security
The presidency of Donald Trump is merely accentuating the gradual loss of interest by the United States in the European Union and Europe that had already begun with the end of the Cold War and accelerated with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent American-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although the European Union remains the largest...
Donald Trump Inauguration Prompts Celebration In Russia
The Kremlin may have spent years reviling America, but Russians hoping Donald Trump will usher in a new era of detente marked his inauguration on Friday with parties and trinkets from commemorative coins to “matryoshka” nesting dolls in his image.Washington was turned into a virtual fortress with an estimated 900,000 people ― backers and...
Give Trump A Chance
The president-elect of the United States, Donald J. Trump, deserves a chance. With the “-elect” suffix about to be dismantled, there is no escaping the fact that “The Donald” will be the new commander-in-chief. It is also a reality that his election is mired in controversies. So many, in fact, that it is hard to keep...
The View From Moscow: How The Russian Media Covers Trump
Donald Trump’s first news conference as president-elect last week featured a mix of deflected questions, cheering supporters and accusations CNN is “fake news.” The circus atmosphere was strange for many viewers and reporters, accustomed to more formality and respect. For some Russians, however, Trump’s go with the press was oddly...
