Section: The Nation (USA)
Is War With Russia Possible?
Stephen F. CohenThe US is undermining opportunities for cooperation in Syria and Ukraine while escalating NATO’s military presence near Russia. …read more Source: The...
30 Years After the Chernobyl Meltdown, Why Is the Ukrainian Government Pushing Nuclear Energy?
Dusty ChristensenOr, how Ukraine learned to stop worrying and love its nuclear power plants. …read more Source: The...
President Poroshenko’s Problems and the Crisis of the US ‘Ukrainian Project’
Stephen F. CohenPoroshenko’s succession of political setbacks reflects his regime’s unsavory history. …read more Source: The...
US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente
Stephen F. CohenIs the recent tsunami of anti-Putin news reports meant to undermine US–Russian negotiations on Syria and Ukraine? …read more Source: The...
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...
Bombshell Revelations From the Panama Papers Show Just How Much We Need Financial Transparency
James CardenGiven the American media’s failure to cover the Ukrainian government’s corruption, the reaction to the report’s revelations about reigning president-oligarch Petro Poroshenko has been muted. …read more Source: The...
Kiev Increasingly Resembles an American Colony
Stephen F. CohenThe possibility that an American may become Ukraine’s prime minister increases the impression that Kiev’s major decisions are made in Washington. …read more Source: The...
The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’
Lev GolinkinThe documentary, like much Western coverage of Ukraine, present the West with a mythical, whitewashed version of the Maidan “revolution.” …read more Source: The...
The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War
Stephen F. CohenThe week of this historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill also witnessed dangerous developments in the US-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, Syria and Turkey. …read more Source: The...
Escalating the Political Propaganda War v. Cooperation with Russia
Stephen F. CohenIn recent days, opponents of diminishing the most dangerous aspects of the new Cold War have assailed such possibilities—from Ukraine, Turkey, and Europe to Syria. …read more Source: The...
