Both are existential threats, but only one is getting the attention it deserves.
Nikolas K. Gvosdev: Where Will Ukraine Go from Here?
TNIOctober 15, 2019
Russia’s longstanding effort to bypass Ukraine as its conduit to Western markets will soon be completed, while changes in both European and American political priorities and strategic assessments may diminish the importance of Ukraine.
Max Blumenthal: DC’s Atlantic Council raked in funding from Hunter Biden’s corruption-stained employer
the grayzone October 14, 2019
The shady arrangement between the Atlantic Council and Burisma – the gas company at the center of the ‘Ukrainegate’ scandal – is just one dubious deal out of many at a DC think tank that has become a clearinghouse for legal corruption.
VIDEO: Krystal Ball: Does Defending Andrew Yang Make me a Russian Plant?
the hillOctober 14, 2019
Krystal Ball gives Rising a Russia pop quiz.
Ann Wright: ‘Planet So Small We Must Live in Peace’
consortium newsOctober 14, 2019
Ann Wright reports on her citizen-to-citizen trip to Russia. Everywhere, including in Siberia, memories of World War II are still fresh.
CNN: Trump administration expected to announce exit from ‘Open Skies’ treaty
CNNOctober 10, 2019
According to the State Department, the treaty “is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information through aerial imaging on military forces and activities of concern to them.”
Aaron Mate and Max Blumenthal: US arming of Ukraine is a scandal on its own
grayzoneOctober 10, 2019
There is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal explores how the Ukrainegate scandal overlooks the dangers of those weapons sales to Ukraine and the corrupt interests behind it.
Paul Robinson: Book review, Putin vs. The People
irrussianalityOctober 10, 2019
The most important element of the book, in my view, consists of the results of a survey which compared political opinions with personality types.
Norwegian Coast Guard ship makes port call to Arkhangels
the barents observerOctober 10, 2019
It is not very often nowadays you see a grey-colored ship from a NATO country sailing into a Russian port.
George Beebe: We’re More at Risk of Nuclear War With Russia Than We Think
politicoOctober 9, 2019
U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle need to start addressing the danger.