Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Serbia’s Future- EU Accession or A Closer Alliance with Russia
On November 6, 2014, the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provisionally released Serbian ultranationalist and alleged war criminal Vojislav Seselj from prison. Despite suffering from metastasized colon cancer and the pressures of an inconclusive eleven-year long trial, Seselj’s return to Serbia has been dramatic...
Europe’s Challenge: A ‘Twilight Zone’ in Russia’s Shadow, or a ‘World of Rules?’
This comment is excerpted from a speech at Harvard’s Center for European Studies late last week. In Harvard Yard, on 5 June 1947, on the steps of Memorial Church, momentous words were said.It is logical that the United States should do what it can to assist the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no...
25 Women Pushing The Limits Of Street Art Around The World
Earlier this month, The Atlantic’s Kriston Capps proposed a curious question: What if Banksy is a woman? In his following analysis, Capps went as far to claim that the cheeky British street artist is “probably” a she, chastising the public for assuming that such a dominant pop cultural force is a man. Of course, the hypothesis...
Don’t Prop up Putin by Giving Him an Enemy
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to provoke a military confrontation with the West. His military jets have repeatedly buzzed NATO facilities, coming close to causing a crash with a Swedish civilian airliner. He has vowed to extend the range of those patrols to the Gulf of Mexico. After he took credit for initiating the September 5 ceasefire...
From Holodomor to Maidan: How the Kremlin ‘Brotherly Love’ Cost Ukraine Millions of Lives
The problem with history is twofold: it tends to repeat itself, yet we never learn from it. On Friday, Ukrainians have gathered on Maidan (the Independence Square in the center of Kyiv) to honor the Heavenly Brigade who gave up their lives defending our dignity. On Sunday, we commemorated the greatest tragedy suffered by the Ukrainian people...
Putin Says He Won’t Be Russia’s President For Life
MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin has said he won’t remain Russia’s president for life and will step down in line with the constitution no later than 2024, according to an interview with a Russian news agency released Sunday. Staying in office beyond that would be “detrimental for the country and I don’t need this,” he...
Joe Biden Condemns Russia’s Actions In Ukraine As ‘Unacceptable’
By Alessandra Prentice KIEV, Nov 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia’s behavior in Ukraine as “unacceptable” and urged Moscow to abide by a September peace deal and pull military forces out of the country. Addressing himself rhetorically to Russian President Vladimir Putin after holding...
Palace Of Ousted Ukrainian President Yanukovych Is Now A Museum
As crowds of Ukrainian protesters seized control of the public spaces and government buildings in Kiev this past February, embattled former President Viktor Yanukovych made a hasty moonlight escape from his opulent palace. He left behind an absurd treasure trove on the 340 acre estate — from exotic animals to a fleet of luxury cars —...
Construction According to Putin’s Model, from Bosnia to Europe?
The scent of nationalism was present in the former-Yugoslavia before Vladimir Putin effectively assumed power in Moscow. Already during the early stages of the conflict in Bosnia & Herzegovina, “BiH” solutions were being fashioned in the hope of, well appeasing is perhaps an appropriate term, those leaders in the region but also...
The Fall of the Would-Be Emperor
President Erdogan has recently come under intense criticism for his unwillingness to come to the aid of the beleaguered Syrian Kurds in the city of Kobani just across the Turkish border. Sadly, Erdogan’s behavior is not surprising, as he has always pursued policies consistent with the image of himself as a great leader and his country as a...
