Who Is the Real Enemy?
It is one of the great ironies that the United States, a land mass protected by two broad oceans while also benefitting from the world’s largest economy and most powerful military, persists in viewing itself as a potential victim, vulnerable and surrounded by enemies. In reality, there are only two significant potential threats to the U.S....
One Last Purge: The Doctors’ Plot
In 1948, Stalin received a letter from a doctor which alleged that Andrei Zhdanov, a powerful Politburo member, had been incorrectly treated in the hospital before his recent death. Stalin read the letter and marked it “into the archive,” where it stayed for nearly four years, before the MGB—the predecessor of the KGB—“discovered” it, and...
When Trump Met Putin: Is Reconciliation in the Air?
Doug Bandow The long awaited meeting between America’s and Russia’s presidents finally occurred at the G-20 summit. They got along great, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, connecting “very quickly,” and talked for more than two hours. Even First Lady Melania Trump couldn’t drag her husband away after the first hour. It...
Alumni Leadership Action Project Awards
GMF is delighted to share with you the results of three Alumni Leadership Action Project awards, of which one is also the recipient of the inaugural Marshall Prize that was awarded during the Triennial Transatlantic Leadership Retreat in Saint Vincent, Italy in April of this year. We4 Europe – Women for a Positive Future for the EU The We4Europe...
What Ukraine should do before offering the new plan for a deoccupation of Donbass
Armed conflict on Donbass has left the mark on everyday life of local population. Far back in 2014 when there was active fighting, a considerable part of local population left the dwellings and moved to quieter places. In the autumn of 2014 after the first Minsk agreements, the line of demarcation “was fixed” according to the...
Donald Trump Meets Vladimir Putin: Time for U.S. To Normalize Relations with Russia
Doug Bandow Perhaps the most important policy initiative suggested by candidate Donald Trump was improving relations with the Russian Federation. His proposal horrified the Blob, the collection of Washington elites who typically dominate U.S. foreign policy irrespective of administration. But the idea made eminent sense: no vital interests...
Lithuania Jails Russian for Spying
Spying accusations and convictions against Russians and alleged local helpers are on the rise in the Baltics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Through the Looking Glass
The Russian hunt for fake news isn’t exactly genuine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Panic among Donbas militants as Russia arrests ex-fighter suspected of the horrific killing of a pro-Ukrainian teenager
A former Donbas militant leader Vadim Pogodin has been arrested in Russian-occupied Crimea because Ukraine wants to try him for believed direct involvement in the torture and killing of 16-year-old pro-Ukrainian and football-loving Stepan Chubenko …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Defender of dictatorship laws set for judge post in Ukraine’s Supreme Court ‘reform’
In yet another move discrediting the much-trumpeted reform of Ukraine’s Supreme Court, the High Qualification Commission of Judges has overcome the civic veto imposed on the appointment of Yaroslav Romanyuk to one of the judges’ posts vacant. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
