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Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 05, 2014 8 Comments
A United Nations special envoy to Ukraine abruptly ended his mission Wednesday after a group of unidentified armed men reportedly threatened him. From the NY Times: A senior United Nations diplomat who was sent to the Crimea region of southern Ukraine to assess the Russian...

Posted by New Neo on March 01, 2014 38 Comments
NOTE: for previous coverage of the situation in Ukraine/Crimea, you can follow this live coverage post. Putin is no doubt quaking in his boots at this warning issued by President Obama: “We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 26, 2014 13 Comments
Amid ongoing tension in Ukraine, Russia’s president ordered a military drill Wednesday, scheduled to continue until March 3rd. From the NY Times: President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a surprise exercise of ground and air forces on Ukraine’s doorstep Wednesday, intending to demonstrate his country’s military...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 20, 2014 10 Comments
A Ukrainian skier has dropped out of the Sochi Winter Olympics as an act of solidarity with protesters in Ukraine, amid escalated violence in Kiev this week. From the Associated Press via ABC News: A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the Olympics in response to...

Posted by edgeofthesandbox on February 19, 2014 42 Comments
The United States is not Ukraine, so, I hope, we don’t find ourselves living in interesting times. 1.  Somewhat educated young people with no opportunities are a revolutionary class.  Between 1990 and 2006, as Ukraine’s population declined, the number of students entering colleges shot up...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 10, 2014 9 Comments
Last week, we noted that Japan and India were allying to protect themselves against China’s regional ambitions. These developments finally seem to have made it to the “Resolute Desk”, which has responded with another of its classic “strongly worded messages” in regards to China’s intentions...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 03, 2014 3 Comments
After an announcement just last week that he’d be taking an indefinite sick leave, the President of Ukraine returned on Monday, as the political crisis continues there. From Reuters: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich returned to work on Monday after four days of sick leave, issuing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2012 20 Comments
Vidal Sassoon died in Los Angeles on Wednesday at age 84.  Known mostly as a name-brand in hair styling, upon reading of his death I learned a lot more about the man, and wondered why I didn’t know more before. From The Times of Israel: A...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 4 Comments
Turkish Prime Minsister Erdogan’s agitation show no signs of letting up. He’s back to threats of military confrontation with Israel: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Israel could not do whatever it wanted in the eastern Mediterranean and that Turkish warships could be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2009 2 Comments
When Barack Obama warmly greeted Hugo Chavez last April, Obama sent a message of despair to Venezuelans who sought freedom from Chavez’s cult of personality. Any hope the Venezuelan opposition had of a near-term reversal of newspaper closings, political imprisonments, street intimidation, and nationalizations, died...
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