Section: Council on Foreign Relations (USA)
Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy
In his testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Stephen Sestanovich argues that Russian President Vladimir Putin could grow more dangerous—both for his neighbors and for the United States. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
From Putin, a New Tune on Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show is not where I usually look for important statements of Russian policy. Most of the four-hour event is devoted to semi-comical political pandering (Mr. Putin presenting himself as the friend of struggling dairy farmers, for example). Still, last week’s extravaganza contained unmistakable hints of a...
Financing a New Ukraine
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko discusses her country’s economy, including its ambitious reform agenda and recent International Monetary Fund package. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
U.S. Policy Options in Ukraine
John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, and Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, join Washington Post associate editor Karen J. DeYoung to discuss Ukraine’s politics, policies, and options...
Inside Ukraine
Watch this meeting live on Monday, March 2, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (ET). Experts dissect Ukraine’s politics, policies, and options going forward. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
Germany’s Real Role in the Ukraine Crisis
In his discussion of German foreign policy’s supposed drift eastward, Hans Kundnani (“Leaving the West Behind,” January/February 2015) suggests that Germany has resisted imposing sanctions on Russia over its undeclared war with Ukraine—a sign, in his view, that Germany might once again desert the West in a flirtation with...
Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements
Leaders from Germany, France, Russia, and Ukraine met in Belarus to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukrainian troops and separatists. The ceasefire takes effect February 15, 2015, and outlines the withdrawl of heavy weapons and constitutional reform to provide more automony to groups in the Donetsk and Luhansk, regions in eastern Ukraine....
Diplomacy, Putin, and What Comes After a Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Whatever you think about sending arms to Ukraine, the debate has clearly had a positive effect on diplomacy. Throughout January, Angela Merkel, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko, and Vladimir Putin canceled one meeting after another. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
Global Economics Monthly: February 2015
Steven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics Robert Kahn argues that with sovereign debt woes in Greece and Ukraine testing markets and governments, now might be the time for policymakers to rethink the architecture for resolving debt crises. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
Will Putin Bail Out Greece?
Last week’s victory by the Greek leftist party Syriza has Europe worrying that a new government in Athens may help Vladimir Putin dismantle the sanctions imposed on him for trying to break up Ukraine. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
