Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Fighting In Ukraine Continues Ahead Of Important Peace Talks
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine Wednesday, killing five people at a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, as Western leaders confirmed that they would take part in peace talks later in the day. Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said she and French President Francois Hollande...
The Crisis In Ukraine That No One Is Talking About
As fighting between the army and pro-Russian separatist rebels in Ukraine continues unabated, Ukraine’s government in Kiev is also facing a dire financial crisis. Forbes contributor Mark Adomanis explained to HuffPost Live on Monday that unless Ukraine receives significantly more aid from either the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the...
A Bridge Too Far
Obama is playing a dangerous game with Russia and Iran, and Washington’s realists and neo-isolationists are making it worse Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Washington has been divided in raucous debate. Is Syria the next Vietnam? Will Obama get bogged down in Syria? In doing so, America relinquished leadership and failed to...
Obama Tells Putin In Call To Agree To Ukraine Peace Deal
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine and urged him to agree to a peace deal, the White House said. “President Obama underscored the rising human toll of the fighting and underscored the importance of President Putin...
Putin Gives Egyptian President El-Sisi The Gift Of An AK-47
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Egypt this week, and like any good guest he didn’t come empty-handed. After arriving in Cairo airport on Monday, the Russian leader cracked open a metallic case to produce an AK-47 assault rifle, which he presented to Egypt’s beaming President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. On Twitter, observers...
5 Reasons Why February 10, 1940 Should Be Remembered
Anniversaries are a plenty lately. Less than six months ago, back in September of 2014, we got a double-whammy–the 75th anniversary markers of Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, and Joseph Stalin’s invasion of the country on Sept. 17. Everything changed after that. Declarations of war ensued. Hitler began to...
Our Addiction to Fossil Fuel Is Taking Us on the Road to Nowhere
On Saturday I joined a panel at the Munich Security Conference in Germany and talked about global security and energy security. You might be surprised to see Greenpeace at a security conference. The room was full of members of the “strategic community”, people who are not the crowd we normally engage with; they are the crowd we have...
Rebels Make New Push In Ukraine On The Eve Of Peace Talks
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gleb Garanich VUHLEHIRSK/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Rebel fighters made a push on Tuesday to cut off a government-held road and rail junction in east Ukraine, vowing on the eve of peace talks that they would not cease fire until they had achieved their aim of taking more territory. Some 30 miles (50...
Obama, Merkel Rally Behind Diplomacy In Ukraine Conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied behind efforts to reach a long-shot diplomatic resolution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine Monday, but they offered no clear path for how the West would proceed if talks this week fail. During a joint White House news conference, Obama dangled the...
Merkel Says Ukraine Conflict Can’t Be Solved By Military
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the conflict between Russia and Ukraine cannot be solved by “military means.” Merkel made the remark in a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, just hours after meeting with U.S. President Barak Obama in Washington. Obama has been...
