Introduction: It is sometimes helpful not to look at any one specific issue in detail, but rather make a survey of ongoing processes instead. The
Tag: Ukraine
How Ukraine’s War Is to Be Settled: Zelenskiy, Crimea, and Donbass
On April 30th, Ukraine’s Central Election Commission announced that after the final voting tabulations (which included more than 13% of Ukrainians living abroad), Volodmyr Zelensky had beaten
Russia Is Competing with Poland for Ukrainian “Replacement Migrants”
President Putin’s proposal to make it easier for all Ukrainians to receive Russian citizenship represents a bold effort to court his country’s civilizationally similar neighbors
The US-NATO Alliance Has Georgia on Its Mind
The US-NATO alliance is determined to encircle Russia more tightly, and Georgia wants to help it do so, Brian Cloughley writes. Britain’s Daily Express newspaper
Despite the Citizenship Stunt Donbass Won’t Unite with Russia
President Putin’s decree simplifying the granting of Russian citizenship to the people of Donbass won’t result in the region’s unification with Russia but is one
Gauging Ukraine with Russia and Belarus
In the post-Soviet period, US foreign policy and media establishments have overhyped Ukrainian positives, while disproportionately highlighting the negatives in Russia and Belarus, Michael Averko writes.
Ukraine: Zelenskii Beat Poroshenko – What Will Happen Next?
As everybody predicted, Poroshenko completely lost the election. As I wrote in my previous column, this is both amazing (considering Poro’s immense and extensive resources
This Might be the Beginning of the End for the Russian-Belarusian Strategic Partnership
Belarus just suspended the shipment of light oil products from Russia to the West in the latest escalation of the unprecedented dispute between these two
