How the World Ends – Baiting Russia is Not Good Policy
Last week I attended a foreign policy conference in Washington that featured a number of prominent academics and former government officials who have been highly critical of the way the Bush and Obama Administrations have interacted with the rest of the world. Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago was on a panel and was asked...
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine: The world must not ignore the suffering of the Crimean Tatars the way it once ignored ours
Our cry must be heard, so that the horror of the past is not repeated here and now. Our voice must ring out because the world is now silent about the fate of the Crimean Tatars. This was the message on May 18 from Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Minsk is not working, but Kiev should stay with it
The Minsk arrangements that were supposed to resolve the conflict in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have not been implemented. Ukrainians and others increasingly question whether it is time to abandon the Minsk process. The Ukrainian government, however, should not do so, as it would dangerously undermine Kyiv’s position. Negotiators...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 20 May 2016
This report is for the general public and the media. The SMM observed a slightly higher level of violence in Donbas compared to the previous day. It continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons and noted the presence of armoured combat vehicles and anti-aircraft weapons in the security zone. The Mission monitored the situation affecting...
Ambassador Pyatt on U.S. and EU Solidarity in Supporting Ukraine
Remarks by US Ambassador Pyatt at the Institute of World Policy’s Ukraine-EU Conference on May 20, 2016. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Pro-suicide Groups on Russian Social Media?
News broke last week of a potentially wide-ranging problem, prompting action by the authorities. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
America – the Most Frightened Nation on Earth
America is exceptional alright. It is the most frightened nation on Earth, subjected to hysterical propaganda over decades warning about foreign enemies and ideologies. No wonder its supposed democratic freedom is in so appallingly bad shape, when the preponderant population is imprisoned by their rulers in a virtual cage of fear. Paradoxically,...
OSCE Representative calls for immediate release of all members of the media detained in Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 21 May 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized the recent mass detentions of members of the media in Kazakhstan. “I call on the authorities to release all members of the media who have been detained ahead of protests planned during the weekend,” Mijatović said. Dozens of journalists have...
Russia Threatens Response After Montenegro Joins NATO as Observer
The Balkan nation might become a full member by mid-2017. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine cannot allow the Russian military to participate in the OSCE peacekeeping mission
Deployment of the OSCE police mission to Donbas is a very complex process that requires the consent of all parties. This opinion was expressed to the news agency Obozrevatel by Joint Director of Foreign Policy Programmes and International Security of the Razumkov Centre Mykhailo Pashkov. “Capabilities of the OSCE are limited. First of all,...
