Ukraine is at the mercy of Moscow now, the West is watching helplessly With two agreements about the future of eastern Ukraine now in place – one official brokered by the OSCE, one still secret between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko…
Eulogy for Ukraine
The country is again a borderland playground for mightier neighbors Kiev has lost eastern Ukraine to Russia. The turning point came on August 27, as the first direct invasion of Ukraine by Russian regulars broke the Ukrainian army’s siege of…
A Face-Saving Invasion
Sending troops into eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin risks NATO involvement The long-feared direct Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine has now begun, unannounced. This is no war of necessity, but the ultimate war of choice – an arbitrary personal…
The Changing Equation of Escalation
Kiev, not the Kremlin, is now writing the political narrative of the region David is right to defy Goliath with his slingshot – despite the menace of armored Russian troops massing once again on Ukraine’s eastern border, mounting evidence that…