Tag: NATO

Is NATO Less Formidable in Countering Russia?

Richard C. Young - March 28, 2014

The New York Times would have Americans believe yes, by referring back to cold war levels of troop deployment and a strange philosophy of...

War Hawks Circling Over Ukraine

Richard C. Young - March 24, 2014

Bellicose war hawks would bring Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia into NATO while moving U.S troops and warplanes into Poland. Obama and Kerry cry out...

Crimea Votes to Secede from the Ukraine

Richard C. Young - March 18, 2014

In a landslide vote, Crimea votes to tie itself to Russia. Al Jazeera America looks at the fallout. Despite Crimean aspirations of joining the Russian...

Eastern Ukraine Wants Russia/Western Ukraine wants E.U.

Richard C. Young - March 18, 2014

Pat Buchanan sorts out the logic of the clear Ukrainian divide and makes a lot of sense here in the process. What benefits have we...

War Whoops from the War Hawks Camp

Richard C. Young - March 10, 2014

In The Wall Street Journal the neocon flame begins to burn. Sanctions, skipping the G-8 summit in Sochi, hitting Russian oligarchs in their pocketbooks, isolating...

Turn a Regional Crisis Into a Major War

Richard C. Young - March 5, 2014

Daniel Larison at The American Conservative castigates Alex Berezow for his incendiary approach to confronting Russia over the troubles in the Ukraine. Mr. Berezow...

Merkel Has Opened a Dialouge with Putin

Richard C. Young - March 4, 2014

Al Jazeera America reports that neither side in the current Ukraine conflict has a clue about what comes next. Now that the U.S. and...

Ukraine’s President Flees the Capital: Protesters Take Control

Richard C. Young - February 22, 2014

Ukraine's President, Viktor Yanukovych has fled Kiev as protesters have taken control of the city. The Wall Street Journal reports on the rapidly changing...