Category: NATO’s Eastern Flank

Two Truisms About the US & Russia, Ukraine and China

Commentary Russia is not as strong as the United States, except for nuclear weapons. Russia is not the main threat to the United States—that threat is China. Back in 1985, during his visit to Paris, Mikhail Gorbachev told French President Francois Mitterrand that the Soviet Union was not strong. In fact, said Gorbachev to his…


White House Preparing to Unveil More Sanctions on Russia: National Security Adviser

President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to unveil another round of sanctions against Russia, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on March 22. The sanctions will be announced in coordination with the European Union. “[The president] will join our partners in imposing further sanctions on Russia and tightening the existing sanctions to crack…