by jpitney | Feb 20, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Russia, Ukraine
Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer at WP: As World War II raged in Europe, Republicans initially opposed U.S. involvement even as proponents argued that helping allies would prevent direct aggression toward the U.S. — the same argument used today to support...
by jpitney | Jan 14, 2024 | Democracy, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion, Russia, Tocqueville, Ukraine
Tocqueville wrote: “Now, it is this clear perception of the future, based on judgment and experience, which must often be lacking in a democracy. The people feel more strongly than they reason; and if present ills are great, it is to be feared that they will...
by jpitney | Sep 2, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
From AFP: Russia has added respected journalist and Nobel prize co-recipient Dmitry Muratov to its list of foreign agents, a label authorities commonly use to stifle critics. The move targeting the editor of Russia’s top independent publication, Novaya Gazeta, is part...
by jpitney | Aug 26, 2023 | China, Russia, Ukraine
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Sometimes your best friend can be your worst enemy. This is the case today with the “no limits” relationship of Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping. Not only has Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...
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 👀🇺🇦...
