Commentary More so than perhaps any story in my adult lifetime, there is now an astonishing amount of disinformation pertaining to Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Russian disinformation and Russian propaganda, by now infamous for any American with even a cursory knowledge of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, has of course proliferated…
Sanctions Unlikely to Force Russia’s Hand: Foreign Policy Experts
March 4, 2022
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Two foreign policy experts from Curtin University, Australia, believe coordinated sanctions and boycotts on Russia will do little to quell the current invasion of Ukraine or push Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to remove him. Democratic nations have been in lockstep in the past week, rolling out a wave of sanctions to increase pressure on the…
Has Putin’s Shift From Brinkmanship to War Helped the Biden Administration?
March 3, 2022
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Commentary Putin is a smart politician. For much of the lead-up to the Ukraine war, it looked like Putin would use Western divisions to disrupt the West and outplay President Joe Biden. But has the tide turned such that it is now Putin, rather than Biden, who should be worried? In order to understand what…
Putin Says Fight in Ukraine Going ‘According to Plan’
Russia’s fight against Ukraine is going “according to plan,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 3. “Dear comrades, I want to say that the special military operation is proceeding strictly in line with the timetable, according to plan. All the tasks that have been set are being successfully resolved,” Putin said. According to some…
UK Pressured to Speed up Russia Sanctions, Seize Oligarchs’ Assets
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under pressure to go faster in targeting Russian oligarchs and seizing their assets in Britain. Downing Street said on Thursday it would consider possible changes to speed up the process as ministers sought to apply pressure on Russian president Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine. Senior Tories called…
Trudeau Questioned About Canada’s Preparedness in Case of Russian Retaliation
Conservative Party MP and public safety critic Raquel Dancho sought answers Wednesday from the prime minister on Canada’s state of readiness if Russia decides to retaliate. Russian President Vladimir Putin said when announcing the military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24 that “whoever would try to stop us and further create threats to our country,…
Putin Wakes Up the Western Ostrich
Commentary After the end of the Cold War, foreign policy experts across the spectrum assured us that things had changed. Wars of pure border conquest were over. Wars over oil would soon be a thing of the past. Instead, the increasingly intertwined world would move toward peace. Thomas Friedman suggested in his massive 1999 bestseller…
US Delays Missile Test Launch in Attempt to Tone Down Russia Nuclear Tensions
The United States has postponed a test missile launch to try to demonstrate it has no intention of getting into a nuclear war, the military said March 2. “In an effort that we have no intention of engaging in any actions that could be misunderstood or misconstrued, the secretary of defense has directed that our…
Putin Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine: UK’s Johnson
March 2, 2022
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine. At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on March 2, Johnson said, “What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin’s regime in the use of the munitions that they have already been dropping on innocent…
Russian Broadcaster RT Will No Longer Be Available on Sky: UK Culture Secretary
Russian state-owned broadcaster RT, formerly Russia Today, will no longer be available on Sky, UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said. She wrote on Twitter on Tuesday evening: “Shortly, the French satellite which broadcasts Russia Today (RT) in both the EU and UK will be switched off. This means RT will no longer be available…
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