Much has been at stake in the battle within the EU over whether the new sanctions against Russia (agreed on September 5) should now enter…
You have to hand it to Finland, and the pacifist and appeasers among the leaders of EU member states. To placate Vladimir Putin, they have…
See Editorial, “Making Mr. Putin feel the heat of sanctions,” Washington Post, September 9, 2014 (8:07 p.m. ET). The Achievement Represented by the Signing…
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…
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…
Each act of apeasement dishonors those who fought for, and in many cases died for, the freedoms which we now enjoy. For late news and…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
