NATO
Obama rebuffs militarists in speech full of contradictions
May 30, 2014Obama emphasized working through international bodies, however he placed NATO, a U.S./Western Europe Cold War holdover, first on his list, before the United Nations.
Read moreUkraine, U.S., and big bad Putin: Who’s the bully?
April 8, 2014U.S.-Russia relations took a dangerous turn over Ukraine and Crimea. This is a very troubling development. If it continues in the present direction, the result will be damaging on a range of issue,
Read moreMany in Germany see through NATO designs on Ukraine
March 31, 2014The crisis in the Ukraine continues to be big news here in Germany, on front pages and screens.
Read moreTime for a 21st century U.S. foreign policy
March 25, 2014With 16,000 of the world's 17,000 nuclear bombs in the U.S. and Russia, the U.S. should certainly not be fanning the fires for a new cold war after the distressing events in Crimea and the Ukraine.
Read moreWestern leaders belittle legitimate Russian concerns about fascism
March 11, 2014In Russia the memories of the Nazi invasion of 1941, of the war that followed and of the activities of local Nazi collaborators, including Ukrainian ones historically linked to the present crowd of extremists in Kiev,...
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