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Lech Walesa: Europe ‘Cannot Count on the United States’ (Rzeczpospolita, Poland)
When it comes to the handling of the Ukraine crisis, Cold War leader of the trade union Solidarity, former Poland President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa has some choice words for President...
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The State Department’s ‘Russian Fiction, the Sequel’
As major news sources publish alarming updates on the Ukraine crisis, Moscow denies the trouble is being “orchestrated” from the Kremlin; Ukraine is threatening to launch a full-scale military...
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To Beat Putin, West Needs Armor, Not Empathy (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,...
Does historical fear explain German ‘understanding’ for Vladimir Putin’s behavior in Ukraine? For the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, columnist Volker Zastrow challenges the idea that Moscow is...
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Why Should Poland Thank Putin? Let Us Count the Ways (Rzeczpospolita, Poland)
Once again, unlike much of the commentary coming out of Europe, a Polish columnist seems almost pleased that the Ukraine crisis has erupted, bringing with it a renewed sense of urgency from their NATO...
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‘Envy of the Gods’: Obama ‘Unfit to Lead’ a Great Power (Izvestia, Russia)
Has the United States intentionally undermined the dream of a ‘single economic apace from Lisbon to Vladivostok’ by creating turmoil in Ukraine? For Izvestia, columnist Vladimir Zharkhin accuses an...
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Obama’s Chance to Make Up for Missteps Toward Poles (Rzeczpospolita, Poland)
Poland has never been a fan of President Obama. From controversy over the anti-missile shield, to sore feelings over his administration’s refusal to allow Poles to travel to the U.S. visa free, to the...
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In Defeating the ‘Russian Disease,’ Will Ukraine Lose its Soul? (Ukrayinska...
Can you defeat an enemy without scruples without losing your own? That is Ukraine’s dilemma as outlined by columnist Michael Dubinyansky of Ukraine’s Ukrayinska Pravda newpaper, who writes that while...
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NATO Badly Divided on Stationing Troops in East Europe; Facing Moscow (Die...
Seventy Years after the D-Day landings in Normandy, members of the alliance forged in the aftermath of WWII are bickering over what to do about Russia and Ukraine. According to Die Welt columnist...
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As We Dutch Mourn Our Dead, Russians Should Mourn their State (Elsevier, The...
Generally speaking, it takes a lot to knock the Dutch off balance, but the catastrophe in Ukraine has done so, even to the point of bringing Dutch threats of unilateral military action. Continuing...
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MH17: Guilty Rebels ‘Worse for Moscow than KAL-007’ (Gazeta, Russia)
What would happen if it were proven that pro-Russia rebels shot down MH17, that the Kremlin was complicit, and sanctions began to bring down the Russian economy? Gazeta columnist Georgy Bovt forecasts...
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West Must Not Allow Kiev to ‘Internationalize the War’ (Die Zeit, Germany)
On the eve of one of NATO’s most consequential summits since the Cold War ended, how far should the West go in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression? For Germany’s Die Welt, columnist Ludwig...
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The Weak Sisters of Europe
Europe refuses to remember its history. Perhaps it’s because that might entail doing something to prevent history from repeating itself. The Russian “invasion” of Ukraine with the goal of the eastern...
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Russians Must Prepare for Lengthy Stand-Off with the United States (Izvestia,...
Is there a solution to the Ukraine crisis short of all-out war in the heart of Europe? For Russia’s Izvestia, Sergei Karaganov, chairman of Russia’s Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, lays out...
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French Failure to Deliver Mistrals to Russia ‘Impolitic and Masochistic’...
Is France damaging its own interests by buckling under pressure from the U.S. and NATO to halt delivery to Russia of two Mistral amphibious assault/helicopter carriers? Olivier Zajec of the French...
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President Kwasniewski: ‘Sadist’ CIA Should Be Shuttered; Denies Knowledge of...
The former President of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, appeared on a morning radio program yesterday and was grilled by Polityka journalist Jacek Zakowski about CIA torture and extraordinary...
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With ‘Nuclear Taboo’ Broken, Putin Threatens the Whole of Humanity...
This much is clear, the ceasefire agreed to in Minsk has done little to dampen the alarm felt by most east Europeans about what they perceive as Russian expansionism. In this column from Poland’s...
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From Russia, With Love
Two days in St. Petersburg and speaking with a small sample of Russian citizens (who know English) has led me to a few conclusions. Russians love Putin (as the polls suggest) and are pleased that he...
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Dutch Safety Board: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 Downed by Russian-Made Buk...
On July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines aircraft on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 298 souls on board was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine by what was suspected to be a...
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A Dangerous World
When the Iron Curtain fell and the Cold War ended, it appeared that the world would enjoy a period of peace and good will. The Soviet Union dissolved and the nations in its orbit went off on their own,...
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Defeating A Death Cult
The massacre of innocent civilians in Paris by suicide bombers from ISIS reinforces the problems involved in defeating radical Islamic terrorists who want to die for their cause. Convincing them the...
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