Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Ukraine Says Russian Forces Lead Major New Offensive in East
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Tanks, artillery and infantry have crossed from Russia into an unbreached part of eastern Ukraine in recent days, attacking Ukrainian forces and causing panic and wholesale retreat not only in this small border town but a wide swath of territory, in what Ukrainian and Western military officials are calling a stealth...
A Russia Problem, Not a Putin Problem
perspectives here. The Ukraine crisis has put an end to 25 years of U.S.-Russia relations. The swiftness with which they collapsed, and the absence of any influential forces in either country actively working for their repair, is evidence of how much pretension and frustration had infused relations in recent years. It also suggests a deep-seated...
Government-Held Ukraine Town Hit By Rebel Shelling
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of a town in southeastern Ukraine that has been under heavy shelling for three days says rebel forces have entered the town. Novoazovsk is in a strategically significant location on the shore of the Azov Sea and on the road linking Russia to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. In a brief phone call...
Italy Threatens Europe
The economic weakness in Europe redoubles the threat to the common currency. Italy’s setback in particular threatens the euro zone in two ways: (1) Because Italy is the zone’s third largest economy, failure there would place unsupportable burdens on Germany as it tries to sustain union; and (2) the bad news could impede Prime Minister...
Globalization of Hatred
The fast pace of globalization, with all of its benefits, is also accelerating the viral spread of hatred. Where once regional enmities brewed for centuries with sporadic outbursts of warfare and imperial powers that waxed and waned, the truly global speed and scale of ideological hatred and international conflict was not possible until recently...
America’s Strategic Fatigue: Who Will Fill the Vacuum?
BERLIN — The chaotic consequences of the gradual disintegration of Pax Americana are becoming increasingly clear. For seven decades, the United States safeguarded a global framework, which — however imperfect, and regardless of how many mistakes the superpower made — generally guaranteed a minimum level of stability. At the very...
Finding Security in Cooperation
Picture this: You get on a flight from the U.S. to China and once you arrive in Beijing your pilot is not allowed to land because your plane’s specifications do not comply with the Chinese airport’s safety standards. Now imagine this scenario repeating itself when your pilot attempts to land in any EU country, or in Japan, or India...
Heavily Armed ‘Men In Green’ Enter East Ukrainian Villages
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Unidentified, heavily-armed strangers with Russian accents have appeared in an eastern Ukrainian village, arousing residents’ suspicions despite Moscow’s denials that its troops have deliberately infiltrated the frontier. Two witnesses told Reuters on Tuesday that the dozens of men,...
Global Problems Call for Global Solutions
Sometimes, amid the heated political debate about what should done by the U.S. government in world affairs, a proposal cuts through the TV babble of the supposed experts with a clear, useful suggestion. That proposal came on August 17, when Pope Francis told journalists how he thought the world should cope with the challenge posed by ISIS, the...
Malaysia Airlines Burning More Than $2 Million In Cash Reserves Every Single Day: Report
After back-to-back tragedies, Malaysia Airlines is reportedly burning more than $2 million every single day as it struggles to find its feet again. In March, the airline made international headlines when one of its planes, carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared without a trace. Four months later, the airline met with yet another...
