Barack Obama’s phantasmagoric world, where the choice of words defines reality
phantasmagoria /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːrɪə/, phantasmagory /fænˈtæzməɡərɪ/ n 1. a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream 2. a sequence of pictures made to…
Kurt Volker
The EU and NATO falter in stopping Putin; Strategy and action to contain an existential threat are urgently required
Draft — Check back for updates Latst News and Opinion See (1) Julia Smirnova, “Putin will plötzlich Frieden in der Ukraine; Kremlchef gibt vor, den…
Inside Putin’s Brain: Musings on the Ukraine and what is going on inside his head — Part II
For analysis of Putin’s 7-point ceasefire proposal, EU sanctions decisions, and NATO decisions to be taken in the next few days, see “Putin seeks to…
Western leaders, claiming there is no military solution in the Ukraine, prepare weak sanctions that will give Putin a military victory by Russian tanks (Updated September 4, 2014)
Updated September 4, 2014 Western leaders who say there is no military solution in the Ukraine are wrong: A miltary solution is in the making,…
Inside Putin’s Brain: Musings on the Ukraine and what is going on inside his head — Part I
In warfare, as in diplomacy, it is important to try to put yourself in the shoes of your adversary, to try to understand what is…
Putin: “I could take Kiev in two weeks.”
In a telephone conversationwith EU Commission President Jose Mauel Borroso, Russian President Vladimir Putin, when confronted by Barroso over the Russian invasion of the eastern…
Berlin seeks to block NATO force deployments in East on fallacious legal arguments
Updated September 3, 2014 See (1) “Ukraine-Krise: Merkel will an Nato-Russland-Verträgen festhalten,” der Spiegel, 3. September 2014 (16:13 Uhr). Im Baltikum wächst die Sorge vor…
Putin’s War: the Russian invasion by regular troops and the West’s response—critical decisions loom (Updated August 30, 2014)
Updated August 30, 2014 Originally published on August 28, 2014 A new round of third-stage (Stage 3) sanctions must be really biting, with immediate effect….
Russian “Invasion” or Incursion” in Ukraine? Obama and the primacy of words over actions
Barack Obama, as noted here before, places the highest priority on words, and conducting foreign policy through words, not actions. See “ISIS or ISIL? A telling…