by jpitney | May 15, 2023 | China, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine
Josh Ro=gin at WP: “Ukraine’s survival is Taiwan’s survival. Ukraine’s success is Taiwan’s success,” Taiwan’s representative in Washington, Bi-khim Hsiao, told the McCain Institute’s Sedona Forum last weekend. “Our futures are closely linked.” … Hsiao said...
by jpitney | Apr 5, 2023 | Claremont McKenna College, Russia, Ukraine
Maija Harkonen, director of the CMC Washington Program writes: The Claremont McKenna College DC Ath panel discussion “Putin’s War in Ukraine and its Implications to the European Security Architecture” took place on Thursday, May 30th at K & L Gates in Washington...
by jpitney | Apr 1, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
David Bauder at AP: The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in Russia has news organizations based outside the country weighing for the second time in a year whether the risks of reporting there during wartime are too great. The Journal and...
by jpitney | Mar 8, 2023 | Reagan, Russia
On March 8, 1983, President Reagan spoke to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, He expressed his views on the Soviet Union, famously calling it an “evil empire.” He defended the Judeo-Christian traditions against the Soviet Union’s...
by jpitney | Dec 22, 2022 | Civic Education, Congress, Patriotism, Russia, Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke to Congress last night: We have artillery, yes. Thank you. We have it. Is it enough? Honestly, not really. To ensure Bakhmut is not just a stronghold that holds back the Russian Army, but for the Russian Army to...
by jpitney | Nov 27, 2022 | Russia, Ukraine
Raphael S. Cohen and Gian Gentile at RAND: At this particular moment, diplomacy cannot end the war in Ukraine, simply because Russian and Ukrainian interests do not yet overlap. The Ukrainians, understandably, want their country back. They want reparations for the...
