Tag: ukraine

Putin Should Remember the 1998 Ruble Crisis and the End of Yeltsin

Richard C. Young - March 4, 2014

While troops on the ground may not be feasible to counter Vladimir Putin and Russia in Ukraine (nor should that be considered), if the...

Dateline Russia: Stocks Down 11% Ruble Falls to All Time Low

Richard C. Young - March 4, 2014

Here The Wall Street Journal stipulates that Russia's soft underbelly is its economic reliance on Europe. But this late in the winter its favored...

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...

War Hawks Breathing Fire

Richard C. Young - March 4, 2014

The war hawks are breathing fire. Pat Buchanan advises Obama to tune them out and offers cogent reasoning here as to why he should. With...

Making Sense of the Ukraine/Russia Standoff

Richard C. Young - March 4, 2014

Here the Wall Street Journal details the back and forth between the U.S. and the EU on one side and the Yanukovych administration on...

Understanding the Ukraine

Richard C. Young - March 3, 2014

Here, the former Ambassador to the Soviet Union/Russia under the Reagan and Bush administrations, Jack Matlock details his thoughts on the situation in the...

Ukraine: Split down the Middle

The Editors - February 24, 2014

My family and I have been watching the violent political turmoil in Ukraine with a heightened level of interest. My wife is from a...

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...