The New Cold War And A Freezing Ukraine
By Evgeny Pudovkin. During the last twelve months, the Ukraine crisis has been largely absent from the front pages. The topic has reemerged now after…
By Evgeny Pudovkin. During the last twelve months, the Ukraine crisis has been largely absent from the front pages. The topic has reemerged now after…
The U.S. Congress is close to passing a resolution increasing sanctions on Russia, along with Iran and North Korea, and it’s likely that President Donald…
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands, Richard Sakwa, I.B. Tauris, 2015, £18.99. Back in 1997, Martin Feldstein wrote an important article for Foreign Affairs entitled…
What’s so confusing? Last year when President Putin said he was going to take military action in Syria he was quite clear about his intentions…
By David Waywell It was a small tick in the clockwork of world affairs, but one that said much about President Putin’s dilemma. On Tuesday…
More than 40% of W&Y readers are from outside the UK. If you are in that category then apologies in advance for involving you in…
Low-key talks prevent ceasefire breaches in eastern Ukraine from spiralling into all-out war. By Kitty Logan (in Donetsk) A senior Russian officer paces the graveled…
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, far away countries about which we know nothing? Not really, more, democratic fully integrated members of the European Union, and NATO. So…
Why is the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve always described in news reports as ‘strategic’? In the first instance it is because it is a railway…