“The claim that Russia attacked America during the 2016 presidential election is both exceedingly dangerous and a complete falsehood,” says Stephen Cohen on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay
Ed Lozansky: Ukrainian elections: Why should Americans care?
wash timesApril 19, 2019
In Ukraine, the U.S. officials and their counterparts from other NATO countries played a key role in the unconstitutional regime change that broke what had been a delicate balance in an unstable and corrupt state.
Fast-forward to the present, when Ukraine will have a second-round runoff Sunday between comedian Volodymyr Zelensky and the “Chocolate King” oligarch, President Petro Poroshenko. Judging from U.S. officials’ words and actions, their choice is the latter.
AJAM: Ukraine election: Petro Poroshenko remains unpopular in Odessa
Al JazeeraApril 19, 2019
Ethnic diversity may be why voters in Odessa reject their incumbent president in the first round of the presidential election.
Stephen F. Cohen: Will the Mueller Report Make the New Cold War Even Worse?
the nation / john batchelor showApril 17, 2019
How the long-anticipated report addresses—or ignores—Russiagate allegations will be vital for US-Russian relations.
Fred Weir: Militaristic and anti-democratic, Ukraine’s far-right bides its time
CSMApril 16, 2019
There are few countries in Europe that don’t have a problem with the far-right. But for Ukraine, where political stability is tenuous, the defiance and impunity of ultra-nationalist groups pose an acute concern.
David Gordon: Review: War with Russia?
MisesWireApril 16, 2019
Cohen holds that it is crucial for world peace that America seek accommodation with Russia rather than continue the policy of encirclement.
George P. Shultz, William J. Perry and Sam Nunn: The Threat of Nuclear War Is Still With Us
WSJApril 15, 2019
The U.S., its allies and Russia are caught in a dangerous policy paralysis that could lead—most likely by mistake or miscalculation—to a military confrontation and potentially the use of nuclear weapons for the first time in nearly 74 years.
Andrew C. McCarthy: Why Isn’t Assange Charged with ‘Collusion with Russia’?
NRApril 15, 2019
…I accept the intelligence agencies’ conclusion, echoed by Mueller, that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic email accounts. Nevertheless, there is a big difference between (a) accepting an intelligence conclusion based on probabilities, and (b) proving a key fact beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal case.
Paul Robinson: Cyber Interference
irrussianalityApril 15, 2019
It is all too likely that the relatively minor threat of “foreign meddling” will be used not to hinder the spread of “fake news” but to suppress unwelcome information and viewpoints that diverge from the mainstream.
PODCAST: Stephen F. Cohen: Lecture to the New York Military Affairs Symposium
NYMASApril 15, 2019
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