by jpitney | Aug 24, 2023 | Russia, Uncategorized, Vaccine
Professor Andrew Busch: As for escalation, Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev have been threatening it since February 2022. But Putin, no longer a Marxist, is assuredly still at heart a Leninist, and it was Lenin who advised his followers “You probe with bayonets: if...
by jpitney | Jul 29, 2023 | Congress, Russia, Ukraine
Mark Thiessen at WP: Ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion more than a year ago, the anti-Ukraine right has been working to convince the American people and the Republican Party that it is not in the United States’ interest to support Ukraine. They are failing...
by jpitney | Jul 8, 2023 | Russia, Ukraine, Uncategorized
“I don’t understand where this pro-Russian position comes from, have you ever seen Americans or Europeans switch to Soviet cars or move to live in Russia,” — Zelensky during a press conference in Slovakia pic.twitter.com/hCymDWKMuI — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦...
by jpitney | Jul 7, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
Emma Tucker, editor in chief, The Wall Street Journal: Today marks 100 days since our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich was detained while reporting in Russia. He remains in prison, falsely accused by the Russian government of espionage. The WSJ and the U.S....
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...
